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.
“Juul”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Day nurseries and crèches · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of IBZE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Hasselt · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Oud-Turnhout · since 1996
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Zonhoven · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1987
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since 1991
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2001
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hasselt · since 2020
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Aalter · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Geetbets · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Other business support services · Genk · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2022
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Other business support services · Lummen · since 2026
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021