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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Employment placement agencies · Vorst · since 2022
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2013
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Employment placement agencies · since 2020
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · La Louvière · since 1996
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Elsene · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · Aiseau-Presles · since 1987
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Abbreviation of LE CASTOR VB · General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 1995
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Bouillon · since 1996
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Ath · since 1998
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Employment placement agencies · Ukkel · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Terrassement Bayet Yves · Site preparation · Walcourt · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ISAMOT · Cafés and bars · Gembloux · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Bernissart · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Vorst · since 1990
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Production of cinema films · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Multicultural Identity Casting · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Elsene · since 2011
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Braives · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of LE FOGNY · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 2006
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Elsene · since 2006
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Aalst · since 2006
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Tielt · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of STING/FRANS BLEUZÉ · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Harelbeke · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2011
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005