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.
“KATHO”
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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Advertising agencies · Zottegem · since 2014
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Tervuren · since 2007
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Brugge · since 1964
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1978
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Manufacture of outerwear
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Physiotherapy · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2012
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2024
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Brugge · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Koolkerks Amateurtoneel De Povere Leute · Brugge · since 1982
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Oostende · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Kans Armoede Terugslaan · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Elsene · since 1997
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE ANTWERPSE TURNKRING · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of KAT BELGIUM · Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Other education · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · Herve · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2000
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Abbreviation of KoorAcademie Tienen · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Tienen · since 2024
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Lanaken · since 2013
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Ninove · since 2013
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Olen · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2018
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Hove · since 2019
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2022
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Bredene · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Herk-de-Stad · since 2007