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.
“LAPOSTINA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Event catering · since 2014
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Thorn · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · PARIS · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2008
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Event catering · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HILLSIDE HOSPITALITY · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DODA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Blégny · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Gent · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 2017
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of Aurora Group · Cafés and bars · Jette · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2022