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.
“L'EXPRESS”
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
51 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of LITANI · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of TAKE'N GO ! · Site preparation · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of SHOP & PRESS · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of NEW L'EX PRESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2005
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ND 2020 · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Niel · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of EURASIA 2000 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Removal services · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Other postal and courier activities · Diest · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Oud-Heverlee · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of E.N.C.S. · Cafés and bars · Seraing · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Riemst · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2019
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Removal services · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2019
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Removal services · since 2021
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Elsene · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
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Logistics services · Meerhout · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GROSFRUIT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of COPACABANA · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of VANDEN MEERSSCHE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1993
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of SANYA EXPRESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HALLE RETAIL ASSOCIATE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HEPPEN RETAIL ASSOCIATE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Namur · since 1984
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Brecht · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of COLOURS & FLAVOURS · Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Overijse · since 2016
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Vorst · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Roosdaal · since 2024
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Mons · since 1996