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.
“Katty”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of VAN BOS - VAN SAET · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Duffel · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Wingene · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Thuin · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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since 2001
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Antwerpen · since 1979
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Erpe-Mere · since 1992
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Bütgenbach · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Koolkerks Amateurtoneel De Povere Leute · Brugge · since 1982
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Oostende · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Kans Armoede Terugslaan · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Elsene · since 1997
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE ANTWERPSE TURNKRING · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of KAT BELGIUM · Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Other education · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · Herve · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2000
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Abbreviation of KoorAcademie Tienen · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Tienen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VC OPTICS · Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2005