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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Mouscron · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2003
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Other business support services · Berlaar · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2021
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Aalter · since 2003
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Putte · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Katia Longeval · Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 2020
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Liège · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Mimetto · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Hasselt · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Zedelgem · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SALIA · Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Vorst · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Sound recording · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Pelt · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zaventem · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lebbeke · since 2026