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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Seraing · since 2010
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Abbreviation of JEM EUROPE · Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · Koekelare · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2024
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Farciennes · since 2022
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Abbreviation of JOINT EUROPEAN MAILING · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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La Hulpe · since 1989
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Maasmechelen · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 1991
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Abbreviation of JEUNESSE EN MARCHE · Brussel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of OPERATEUR DE TRANSPORT DE WALLONIE · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Namur · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MUSIC EXPORTERS EXCHANGE · Elsene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of EGLISE MISSIONNAIRE EVANGELIQUE EN EUROPE · Liège · since 2005