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.
“KENNEY”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of POLITIEZONE : GANSHOREN - JETTE - KOEKELBERG - SINT-AGATHA-BERCHEM - SINT-JANS-MOLENBEEK · Lokale Politie · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Bekkevoort · since 1995
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Landscape service activities · Strijbeek · since 1999
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 2022
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Wijnegem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Politiezone van Oostende · Lokale Politie · Oostende · since 2002
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Employment placement agencies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of UNIVERSITE DE MONS · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1971
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Patrimoine de l'Université de Mons · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1966
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 1998
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Nursing and midwifery · Beerse · since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Lievegem · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Other legal services · Erpe-Mere · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2016
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since 2015
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since 1990
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Genappe · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Olen · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lede · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2012
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of LENNON · Construction of roads and motorways · since 2021