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.
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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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2011
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Etterbeek · since 2008
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since 2025
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Aarschot · since 2014
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Research and development on biotechnology · Mortsel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Beernem · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Jeugd Animatie Minderhout · Hoogstraten · since 1992
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 1992
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Rotselaar · since 1995
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Abbreviation of JG Asset Management · Other education · Schaarbeek · since 1998
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Abbreviation of JESUS ALIVE MINISTRIES · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dendermonde · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of JAM Entreprise générale · General construction of residential buildings · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Mons · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of JUNGLE BOOGIE · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Nieuwpoort · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Automotive Parts · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Gent · since 1972
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since 1989
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Media representation · Brussel · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2024