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.
“KNOT”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Nivelles · since 2021
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2021
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 1981
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Other membership organisations · Elsene · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herzele · since 1989
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Ganshoren · since 2013
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Trade name of ZAT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of KNOP2 · Plumbing work · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Aalter · since 2025
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Ternat · since 2001
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Activities of notaries · Wingene · since 2023
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Bütgenbach · since 1995
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since 1980
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2024