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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1989
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since 1999
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1973
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of G & L · Cafés and bars · Viroinval · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2025
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Travel agency activities · Elsene · since 1984
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Welkenraedt · since 2002
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Operation of sports facilities · La Louvière · since 2014
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Mouscron · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Leuven · since 1987
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2002
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of QUEEN'S BARRIERE · Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ABLS · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Mons · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of L'ELIXIR · Nursing and midwifery · Frameries · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LE POINT VIRGULE ARLON · Detailhandel in boeken · Arlon · since 2025
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Willebroek · since 2023
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Computer programming · Hamont-Achel · since 2005