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.
“LECIRE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Namur · since 1998
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Cafés and bars · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 1996
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Other education · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Oosterzele · since 2026
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Drogenbos · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of PARMEZZIA · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2012
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Other business support services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 1991
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Van Goethem Nicky · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Insertion et de Développement · Vocational training · Dison · since 1993
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INFORMATIONS DU BATIMENT · Brussel · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2021
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Web portal activities · since 2023
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Ravels · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of MACH · Cafés and bars · Waterloo · since 2015
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Namur · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Merksplas · since 2021
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Abbreviation of COORDINATION ET INITIATIVES POUR ET AVEC LES REFUGIES ET ETRANGERS · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Elsene · since 1953
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Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Happily · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2024