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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Diksmuide · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Balen · since 2021
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Raising of dairy cattle · Asse · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Aalter · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ENDEBE · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Gent · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Laarne · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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Event catering · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of LILLY INVEST · Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2009
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of VAN HOEYMISSEN SARAH · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Maasmechelen · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2026
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Haaltert · since 2026
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since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aarschot · since 2005
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1980