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.
“ISTANA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Kapellen · since 1992
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Îshâna · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Rixensart · since 2006
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Mouscron · since 1995
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Elsene · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Mechelen · since 1990
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of TEAMWORK · Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Schaarbeek · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Hairdressing and barber services · Eupen · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of RUZGAR12 · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ZOZANAN · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Châtelet · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Oudergem · since 1983
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hensies · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Antwerpen · since 2017
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Elsene · since 1975