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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Zoersel · since 2000
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Book publishing · Incourt · since 2005
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 1971
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Teelt van druiven · La Bruyère · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Bouillon · since 2017
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Beauvechain · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Storme fils · Hotels and similar accommodation · Mouscron · since 1968
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Nivelles · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · Rixensart · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of ALIZÉ · Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Ans · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2009
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Les Amis de l'Impasse · Mons · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tervuren · since 2018
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Elsene · since 1984
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Evere · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Abbreviation of L'ALINA ASBL · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LES BULLES D'OCEAN · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Liège · since 2026
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since 2024
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Elsene · since 1985