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.
“KAPEL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2017
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Manufacture of outerwear · Deinze · since 2018
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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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Abbreviation of De Friese Kapel · Gent · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Diest · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2015
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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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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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Name of an establishment of BNP Paribas Fortis · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 1934
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of LEY-CAI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Kapelraad van Marialoop · Activities of religious organisations · Tielt · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Beringen · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Leuven · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Temse · 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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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Koksijde · Federale overheid · Koksijde · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Mixed farming · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Mixed farming · since 2004
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kontich · since 2005
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Support activities for crop production · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mol · since 2024
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since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Staden · since 2022
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1996
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Leuven · since 2018
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Limbourg · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw te 2950 Kapellen, Antwerpsesteenweg 260-262 · Kapellen · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Berlare · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · La Bruyère · since 2011
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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
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1950