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.
“KESTAN”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2012
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Other business support services · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Other personal services · Brussel · since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1999
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kortrijk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2001
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Machining of metals · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Raising of other animals · Lievegem · since 2014
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · Lochristi · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Wevelgem · since 1998
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Insulation installation · since 2016
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Abbreviation of TREFPUNT VERSTANDELIJKE HANDICAP · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Brecht · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Nursing and midwifery · Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Soignies · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · Binche · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Tu.Ris. · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021