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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wavre · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Bekkevoort · since 2021
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Fauvillers · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Ganshoren · since 2006
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Other education · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Brugge · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Wuustwezel · since 2017
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Other information service activities · Nijlen · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Jasmine · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Jette · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Jette · since 1941
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Mixed farming · Mettet · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of S.L. · Full-service restaurants · Soignies · since 2001
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Other education · Lummen · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Bornem · since 2018
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PARIS · since 2015
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LALOUX 1750 · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other human health activities · since 2026