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.
“IMPASSE TEMPS”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of YETIS · Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Librairie DELVAUX Anne - Michèle · Roofing work · Vielsalm · since 1981
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Wholesale of other household goods · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of MSBG · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2013
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2015
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of PRESSE HUSSIN PENET · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Philippeville · since 2009
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1985
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2008
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Psychology services · Koekelare · since 2024
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Châtelet · since 1988
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Namur · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2007
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Deinze · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of LOUVAIN IMMOVABLES AND MANAGEMENT ENTREPRISE · Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
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Aalst · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2023