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.
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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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Kaprijke · since 2023
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Oudsbergen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Legacy Entertainment Management · Activities of holding companies · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Laboratoire électronique Malmédy · Malmedy · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2010
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Hasselt · since 1987
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Olen · since 1988
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Bree · since 1990
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Painting of buildings · Hasselt · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 1991
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Abbreviation of LE METRE CARRE · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Jodoigne · since 1993
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Pont-à-Celles · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Londerzeel · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Temse · since 2020
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · Braine-le-Comte · since 2020
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Etterbeek · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Leem the Band · Genk · since 2022
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Risk and damage evaluation · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Zutendaal · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudergem · since 2012
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Colfontaine · since 2004
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Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other information service activities · Halen · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LIÈGE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Marchin · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Wholesale of machine tools · Wemmel · since 1981
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Zoersel · since 1984
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Gent · since 1988
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · Fleurus · since 1995
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Grobbendonk · since 1995
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Market research and public opinion polling · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Heijen · since 1984
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Other educational support services · Duffel · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Abbreviation of La maison des Arts du Spectacle · Yvoir · since 2009
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Construction of roads and motorways · Rijkevorsel · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2011
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Maaseik · since 2012
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Abbreviation of LICHT-EN MUZIEKONDERNEMING · Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Opwijk · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Hulshout · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2004
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Other information service activities · Hasselt · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of D.P.H.J. · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2018
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Ronse · since 2010