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.
“LEFTE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2000
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Boom · since 2015
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2017
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Keerbergen · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Zottegem · since 2022
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Deerlijk · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Lobby européen des Femmes · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1992
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Leuven · since 1993
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Abbreviation of LeuvenFietst · Leuven · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Levant European Forum · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 2018
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Other construction installation · Mol · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arendonk · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Lokaal Eerlijk Fier ondernemen · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Limelette en Fête · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Handel in elektriciteit · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Day nurseries and crèches · Alken · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wervik · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2010
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2008