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.
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other photographic activities · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Centre Cerfontaine · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Péruwelz · since 1986
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Oostende · since 1997
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BLVD. BOULEVARD · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Office administrative and support services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2017
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of GRAVEL - IN · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of GX · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Juprelle · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of CARAVELLE · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Spa · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Limajo · Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 1986
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Lier · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Sun Boulevard Vise · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Visé · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of TUNITEX · Full-service restaurants · Flémalle · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015