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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Linter · since 1994
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ferrières · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herve · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of STYLE SCOOP · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Latijnsamerikaans Belgische Vereniging - Association belge de Latinoaméricanistes · Brugge · since 1995
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
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Fosses-la-Ville · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Elsene · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Other printing · Oudenaarde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of LIGUE POUR L'ABOLITION DES LOIS RÉPRIMENT LE BLASPHÈME ET LE DROIT DE S'EXPRIMER LIBREMENT · Brussel · since 2009