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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Gent · since 1999
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2001
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2025
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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since 2011
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2026
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Peer · since 2010
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Other retail sale of food · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2026
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Plumbing work · Jette · since 2015
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Namur · since 2023
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Kortfilm.be · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Elsene · since 2002