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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Gent · since 2026
-
Aarschot · since 2014
-
Equestrian clubs · Merchtem · since 2025
-
Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
-
Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2020
-
Brussel · since 2006
-
Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Other retail sale of food · Koksijde · since 1998
-
Abbreviation of KAMP COACHING & CONSULTING · Employment placement agencies · Arendonk · since 2000
-
Name of an establishment of SLOWFOODBIO · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Philippeville · since 2017
-
Other education · since 2025
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Geel · since 2011
-
Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ichtegem · since 2017
-
Activities of lawyers · since 1986
-
Name of an establishment of Provincie Antwerpen · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Antwerpen · since 1968
-
Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Sambreville · since 1948
-
Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Mechelen · since 1977
-
Minden · since 1976
-
Computer programming · Leuven · since 2022
-
General construction of residential buildings · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2022
-
Cafés and bars · Putte · since 2024
-
Brasschaat · since 1991