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.
“INRESTO”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1988
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Hasselt · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Leopoldsburg · since 2012
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Other specialised design activities · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2008
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Zonhoven · since 2010
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of International Resilience and Sustainability Partnership · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2001
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Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LABOR ARBEIDSKANSEN · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · As · since 1987
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Real estate agency activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants
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Abbreviation of European Association for Investors in Non Listed Real Estate Vehicles · Activities of business and employers' organisations · AMSTERDAM · since 2012
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tienen · since 2025
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Schilde · since 1991