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.
-
Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
-
Insulation installation · since 1983
-
Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
-
Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 1992
-
Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire producten van metaal · Brecht · since 1985
-
Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2016
-
Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2022
-
Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2022
-
Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
-
Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 1999
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2025
-
Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2006
-
Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 1986
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mortsel · since 1993
-
General construction of residential buildings · Ranst · since 2001
-
Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Visé · since 2011
-
Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2025
-
Name of an establishment of Mary · Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ganshoren · since 1982
-
NIJKERK · since 2016
-
Name of an establishment of The Lodge Leuven · Hotels and similar accommodation · Leuven · since 2016
-
Hasselt · since 1980
-
Pont-à-Celles · since 1984
-
Hoogstraten · since 1991
-
Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1991
-
Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1992
-
Full-service restaurants · Hannut · since 1995
-
Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
-
Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2002
-
Name of an establishment of SABBE-MEYER · Full-service restaurants · Edegem · since 2002
-
Name of an establishment of KANEMAN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nijlen · since 2013
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
-
Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2016
-
Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Zoutleeuw · since 2019
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2002
-
General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
-
Name of an establishment of MAISON & ARTISAN · Other construction installation · Jette · since 2020
-
Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · Mortsel · since 2022
-
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
-
Name of an establishment of ANAZ · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
-
Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2010
-
Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Malmedy · since 2011
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007
-
Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2024
-
Landscape service activities · since 2025
-
Name of an establishment of Café 1 Ball · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
-
Buggenhout · since 1993
-
Abbreviation of Laakdalse Run · Laakdal · since 1996
-
Abbreviation of L'Algue rousse · Beauvechain · since 2024
-
Abbreviation of Les Apéros Rotchis · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2026
-
Performing arts by independent artists · since 1996
-
Activities of lawyers · since 2024
-
since 2006
-
Site preparation · since 2020
-
Binche · since 2002
-
Name of an establishment of ARVINE · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
-
General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
-
Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021