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.
“LAU”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Le Roeulx · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · Lichtervelde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Ukkel · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of eSight · Pre-press and pre-media services · Evergem · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Overijse · since 2018
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Abbreviation of LIVE LAUD · Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Manufacture of beer · since 2024
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La Hulpe · since 1972
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Etterbeek · since 1989
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1991
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Schilde · since 1991
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Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aalst · since 2001
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Abbreviation of LAb(au), LABORATORY FOR ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM · Literary creation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 2001
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Evergem · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 2014
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Plombières · since 2018
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Other financial services · Le Roeulx · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Kuurne · since 2013
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Wingene · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Halle · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
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Development of non-residential building projects · Brussel · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Site preparation · Olen · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2006
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Nivelles · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2025
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Event catering · Malle · since 2025
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Ouffet · since 2025
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Gerpinnes · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of BMC Benelux · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014