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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of SODIBAR · Full-service restaurants · Ittre · since 1985
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · Retie · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Service de Remplacement pour les Agriculteurs de la Province de Luxembourg · Support activities for crop production · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1973
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Abbreviation of FONDS DE PENSIONS L'OREAL - PENSIOENFONDS · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2010
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Oudsbergen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Litige et Action Stratégique pour les Droits Humains en Amérique Latine · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of S.J.J.L.S. LTD · Full-service restaurants · DONCASTER · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Charleroi · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2024
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beerse · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lendelede · since 2026
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Other legal services · Kraainem · since 2017