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.
“INANA”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Computer programming · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Anhée · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 2001
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Other information service activities · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kontich · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Zaventem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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since 2026
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Geel · since 2011
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Operation of sports facilities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Charleroi · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of D&S Event · Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of NANA AMPARO · Computer programming · Gent · since 2026
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Pig breeding farms · Sint-Laureins · since 2007
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Liège · since 1995