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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Le Bus · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Centre le Bua ASBL · Activities of religious organisations · Habay · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 1987
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Namur · since 1987
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vorst · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ichtegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of LOGISTIC EVENTS BELGIUM · Oostende · since 1998
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Abbreviation of La lame européenne de Bruxelles · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of L'étoile bienveillante · Aiseau-Presles · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of LES EDITIONS BRUXELLOISES · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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since 2001
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since 1982
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Charleroi · since 2008
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since 2015
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2001
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Activities of lawyers · Vorst · since 2001
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Logging · since 2000
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Ans · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of MICHEL CONSTRUCT RENOV · Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2017