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.
“ISLAY”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Brugge · since 2000
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Activities of religious organisations · Zaventem · since 1985
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of THN Group · Freight transport by road · Lessines · since 2022
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of INTER SHOP LINE · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Tournai · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Immo Star Landen · Combined facilities support activities · Landen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of IMMO SANTA LUCIA · Nursing and midwifery · Charleroi · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Industry Service & Logistic · Vervaardiging van houten emballage · Raeren · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Industry Solutions and Logistics · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2024
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Hasselt · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of International Stage Lighting · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Anderlecht · since 1978