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.
“KAPE”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Atletiek club Kapellen · Kapellen · since 1984
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Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 1986
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2026
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Gent · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Event catering · Kapellen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Kevin Alexander Paramore · Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Namur · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2015
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Physiotherapy · since 2017
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Manufacture of outerwear · Deinze · since 2018
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Schilde · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Ranst · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zutendaal · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2020
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Trade name of KAPS LAB · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudergem · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of TribalMedia · Drukken van dagbladen · Brussel · since 2008
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Computer programming · Rumst · since 2024
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Ravels · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DMC Antwerpen · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kontich · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Olen · since 2014
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Ardooie · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Merksemse Rijschool · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · La Hulpe · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Saint-Nicolas · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2021
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Hoegaarden · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CP RETAIL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Braine-le-Château · since 1992