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.
“Instinct”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of ENTREPRISE VAN BAEL · Roofing work · Lasne · since 1995
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Sound recording · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Pet training · since 2026
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Employment placement agencies · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · since 2004
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2025
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
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Support activities for animal production · since 2006
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Pet training · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1996
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Abbreviation of THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROSURGICAL TECHNOLOGY AND INSTRUMENT INVENTION · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Socio-cultural adult education · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Nivelles · since 2014
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Other personal services · since 2014
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2011
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Abbreviation of InStijl CommV. · Finishing of textiles · Diepenbeek · since 2026