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.
“KAOLA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vorst · since 1983
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Eindhoven · since 1994
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Real estate agency activities · Lier · since 2018
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2025
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Seraing · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Ans · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of EDI 2010 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wemmel · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2017
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Destelbergen · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · Aarschot · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of FRABANJA · Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Other personal services · Chaudfontaine · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013