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.
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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Vervaardiging van matrassen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1990
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Computer programming · since 2019
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2015
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Luxembourg · since 2010
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Schoten · since 1991
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Abbreviation of RETIF BELGIUM · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 1997
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Abbreviation of JEUGDATELIER KREAMO · Mortsel · since 2002
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mol · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Kampenhout · since 2000
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Mechelen · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Damme · since 2003
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Cultural education · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Hemiksem · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Duffel · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2005
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Web portal activities · Brussel · since 2024
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Leuven · since 1992
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1992