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.
“ITARES”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Keerbergen · since 2011
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Computer programming · Overijse · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 1988
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other education · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND RECYCLING COMPAGNY · Waterloo · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ALLIANCE DES ROBINETIERS EUROPEENS · Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2014
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Erpe-Mere · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Real Estate Services · Land surveying · Beerse · since 2012
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Abbreviation of AARON RELATION ET ENCADREMENT SPORTIF · Other membership organisations · Oreye · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Knokke-Heist · since 1982