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.
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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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Dental practice · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Gent · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE MANAGEMENT POUR L'INDUSTRIE ET LA LIBRE ENTREPRISE · Market research and public opinion polling · Rixensart · since 1991
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2013
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of SMILE.be · Other non-specialised retail sale · Verviers · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2019
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of AS.SOCIATE HR · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brussel · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Tienen · since 2012
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since 1981
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Avelgem · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1968
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Esneux · since 2019
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2020
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since 1985
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Dental practice · Drogenbos · since 2025
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Dental practice · Eupen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Service Mobile Infirmier LiégEois · Nursing and midwifery · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SOINS MEDICAUX INFIRMIERS LEJEUNE · Nursing and midwifery · Houyet · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024