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.
“KEY-WEST”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2007
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Lochristi · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association des copropriétaires de la Résidence Key West à Auderghem, rue Maurice Charlent 30-32 et avenue Léon Houyoux 33 · Oudergem · since 2002
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of WENDY-SOLUTIONS · Office administrative and support services · Kontich · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of West, Geassocieerde Notarissen · Activities of notaries · Koksijde · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gistel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2001
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Machining of metals · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of KEYSER · Insurance agents and brokers · Kortenaken · since 2013
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2021
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gent · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2019