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.
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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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 1977
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Tubize · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Holsbeek · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 1974
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Fitness centres · Hemiksem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Parallel Importers and Exporters · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2017
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Other sports activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Beersel · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · since 1972
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koekelberg · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of VANHOL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Menen · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · Namur · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Arendonk · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2003
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Inland freight water transport · Beerse · since 1989
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of THAICO · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Waterloo · since 2011
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2018
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Materials recovery from waste · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990