Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“IBENS”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Meise · since 2002
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1997
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Tourist information services · since 2010
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since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · since 2011
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2007
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since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Seraing · since 2018
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Other sports activities · since 2004
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Support activities for crop production · Wuustwezel · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Seraing · since 2021
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BELGISCH VERPAKKINGSINSTITUUT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Asse · since 1969
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Oudsbergen · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beersel · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Institut Belge d'Ethnologie · Spa · since 2012
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Literary creation · since 2026
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Westerlo · since 1961
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Name of an establishment of BEN'S AND CO · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Visé · since 1992
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Abbreviation of B en S PROJECTS · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Dilbeek · since 1997
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Mixed farming · Westerlo · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of PALEISREST · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of BNK CARS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2006
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Development of non-residential building projects · Kortemark · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007