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.
“LA POULE”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · As · since 2009
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Kippenkwekerijen · Havelange · since 2018
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · since 2002
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Rochefort · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of LA BOULE BXL · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2015
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Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Brussel · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 1999
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Liège · since 1989
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Visual arts creation · Beloeil · since 2018
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Nivelles · since 1983
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Wavre · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of KMBA · Full-service restaurants · Braine-le-Château · since 2019
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Mixed farming · Hastière · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · Diksmuide · since 1997
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Event catering · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2022