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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of S-VSL SOLUTIONS · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Asse · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diksmuide · since 2005
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Arlon · since 2006
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Productie van televisiefilms · Trois-Ponts · since 2006
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Wemmel · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diksmuide · since 2022
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of CONTINENTAL TAVERNES · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 1998
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Dour · since 1914
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Wholesale of other food products · Ittre · since 1984
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Gouvy · since 1997
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2011
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1944
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Name of an establishment of ARETUSE-ALPHE · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of I.A.M. · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Mouscron · since 2019
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS DE L'ONCLE ALFRED · Cafés and bars · Oupeye · since 1991
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Temse · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of OLIVENA · Cafés and bars · Bernissart · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of TIMMERMANS M -R & TILKIN NICOLE · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Diepenbeek · since 1990
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Jette · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2021