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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of footwear · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of LAZER BRAND · Advertising agencies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1984
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Marseille · since 1987
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ALFARES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Hemiksem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of KONINKLIJK ONDERSTEUNINGSCENTRUM TER ENGELEN TEVONA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Genk · since 1961
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since 1997
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2018
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Finishing of textiles · since 2026
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Other cleaning activities · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1987
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Steenokkerzeel · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of DAY HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Courcelles · since 1986
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · Mechelen · since 2009
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since 1984
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2001
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Hasselt · since 2021