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.
“LAPALICE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insulation installation · Bastogne · since 2013
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Mons · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of De Vincentiis Group · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of SILVER SOLUTIONS · Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Menen · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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since 2021
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Abbreviation of ALICE EVENTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Vorst · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION LIBRE D'INFORMATIONS SUR LA CROISSANCE DES ENFANTS SILVER RUSSELL · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Anima Cura · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Mechelen · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Ronse · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ALICE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of ALIGATOR · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2007
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Other software publishing · Brugge · since 2025
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2025