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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gistel · since 2015
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Dental practice · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2014
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Westerlo · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Assenede · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Manage · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Geel · since 1991
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Other building finishing work · Ganshoren · since 1997
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Other personal services · Etterbeek · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Evergem · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of LOGILAB · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Harelbeke · since 2018
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Activities of company auditors · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2004
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Ukkel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SynTrace · Activities of holding companies · Grobbendonk · since 2007
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lede · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Heuvelland · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Keerbergen · since 2026
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2026