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.
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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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hoogeveen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of De Laurier · Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2000
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Event catering · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2012
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Rockwell Drive · Other non-specialised retail sale · Essen · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Aalter · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Alveringem · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 1977
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Elsene · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 1995
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Voeren · since 1999
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Zwevegem · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kortemark · since 2024
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Oosterzele · since 2026
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2018
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aalst · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Kuurne · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Wingene · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · 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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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Le Roeulx · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Other education · Aalter · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Flémalle · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 1998
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Tournai · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lille · since 2012
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MUNCHEN · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Holsbeek · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Contract catering and other food service activities · Antwerpen · since 2025