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.
“LAMORAAL”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zottegem · since 1980
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 2019
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Ukkel · since 2019
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Liège · since 2022
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Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2024
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wingene · since 1974
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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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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · Rixensart · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2007
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Other financial services · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019