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.
“Kring”
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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Erpe-Mere · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Koekelberg · since 1987
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Erpe-Mere · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heuvelland · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2026
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 1946
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Wingene · since 2025
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Oosterzele · since 1953
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Beringen · since 1970
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Cafés and bars · Leopoldsburg · since 1964
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Poperinge · since 1922
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Bredene · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of TACK FRANCOISE · Full-service restaurants · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2022
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Abbreviation of de Kring Gent · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Pajottegem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of De Kring Lembeek · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Halle · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Abbreviation of studentenkring KU LEUVEN CAMPUS BRUGGE · Cultural education · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Kring Zelfstandige Thuisverpleegkundigen Voorkempen · Zoersel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Maison Treize · Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Ledegem · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwalm · since 2020
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since 1987
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Brugge · since 1976
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since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Ouderverening Villa Kakelbont - Kakelkring vzw · Boom · since 2022
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since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Tielt · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schelle · since 2023
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since 1971
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since 2016
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since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1986
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since 1995
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 1993
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Raising of other animals · since 2019
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Fitness centres · since 2003
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since 2024
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Veterinary services · since 2026
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Mol · since 1993