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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Les Autres Nous · Other personal services · Jette · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wichelen · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Veldvenne.LAN · Other membership organisations · Schilde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of London At Night · Stoumont · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2012
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend leven · Lanaken · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Mons · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Harelbeke · since 1947
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Abbreviation of LANAFORM · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sprimont · since 1987
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Other building finishing work · Aalter · since 1987
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Leuven · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 1990
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Maarkedal · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kasterlee · since 1994
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Hasselt · since 2012
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · since 1984
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Mechelen · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Enghien · since 2017
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Other education · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2020
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Antoing · since 2020
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Lokeren · since 2020
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Attert · since 2020
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Other cleaning activities · Gent · since 2021
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Sound recording · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Activities of notaries · Brecht · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Roeselare · since 2022
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Abbreviation of L'Agence pour le Non Marchand · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Elsene · since 2009
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2017
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Brussel · since 2005
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Tielt-Winge · since 2005
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS DE LA NOYELLE · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Hensies · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Other technical testing and analysis · Tienen · since 2024
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Brussel · since 1981
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 1989
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since 1983
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Lancy Laboratories · Sussex · since 1980
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Avelgem · since 1980
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Name of an establishment · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · Hairdressing and barber services · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Les Amis de NESPA-BW · Sombreffe · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · LUXEMBOUG · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Maaseik · since 2026
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1968
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schoten · since 1977