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.
“LAST POINT”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Maasmechelen · since 2012
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ukkel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Wevelgem · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Hotton · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2025
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Gent · since 2004
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Oudenaarde · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 1990
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Kruisem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of L'Atelier Soi.e.s Toi.T · Business and other management consultancy · Doische · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001