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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Tournai · since 1974
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Jette · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Gent · since 2020
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Koekelberg · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Virton · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Interior design · Schilde · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of AYATEX · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Arlon · since 2006
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Damme · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · Bredene · since 2002
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Liège · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CERTIGROUP · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brugge · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of FERRI & SORRENTINO · Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Other technical testing and analysis · Kontich · since 2007
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Amsterdam · since 1976
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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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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Londerzeel · since 2021
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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
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Abbreviation of La Bande Originale · Advertising agencies · Liège · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Maatschappij voor Ontwerpen en Verwezenlijking van Land en Bouwtechnisch Werken · Brugge · since 1959