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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Saint-Nicolas · since 1985
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Grimbergen · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Land aan de Maas · Maasmechelen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Limburgs Agro Mechanisatiebedrijf · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Bree · since 1996
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Abbreviation of L'AMI MAUBRAY · Antoing · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Los Amigos Mortales · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Lost Ark Music · Aalter · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Waterloo · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Les Aèdes Modernes · Ukkel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of LES ATELIERS DE MARIE · Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2021
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wingene · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of ALLITEMS TRADE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wavre · since 1975
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Elsene · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Mechelen · since 1991
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Abbreviation of L'Association Mouscron Escrime · Estaimpuis · since 1996
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Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2000
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Abbreviation of BINOME HUMAIN-ANIMAL · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 2014
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS D'MA MERE · Elsene · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Abbreviation of L' A.M.E. Art, Médiation, Expression · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2018
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1995
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Zonnebeke · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · since 1997
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Essen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Abbreviation of LA MAISON ENSOLEILLEE · Ukkel · since 2009
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Liège · since 2009
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Les Amis du Marquis de Gages · Charleroi · since 2011
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Lasne · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Nivelles · since 2004
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Vorst · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Development of residential building projects · Peer · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2008
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Izegem · since 2024
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Other financial services · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2026
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Other social work without accommodation · Saint-Nicolas · since 1926
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2005
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Site preparation · Aalst · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Frameries · since 2003
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Kelmis · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019