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.
“LE BOCAL”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2013
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Abbreviation of "Le Local Récup Solidaire" · Sombreffe · since 2020
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Elsene · since 2022
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Verviers · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Ans · since 2025
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since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Beernem · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Herve · since 1977
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Lincent · since 1990
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Other membership organisations · Mons · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of CARGO SANTOS · Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Maaseik · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Visual arts creation · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Other financial services · Oudergem · since 2001
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Paris · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of solidarité walheroise · Other membership organisations · Onhaye · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Le Club d'Affaires de la Lys · Public relations and communication consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aarschot · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2022
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Mama Hazel · Literary creation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025