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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Psychology services · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of OfficeSoft · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Turnhout · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of LABO-Laboureur · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Bièvre · since 1988
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Brussel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Leren Ageren, Bewegen en Organiseren · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Hamont-Achel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of LABO PLUS · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Site preparation · since 1981
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Elsene · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Londerzeel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of La Bande Originale · Advertising agencies · Liège · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2015
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Berlare · since 1990
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Kinderkuren · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Leuven · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2022
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2023
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since 2004
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2023
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2003
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Wijnegem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2015