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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Mol · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Dilbeek · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Crisnée · since 1977
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Full-service restaurants · Meise · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of CAFE L'ENFER · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Mechelen · since 2021
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Logistics services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FOTOGRAFIE VERPLANCKE · Photography, excluding press photography · Hooglede · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Merchtem · since 2006
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other sports activities · Herve · since 2018
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Abbreviation of L'ENVOL-CHARLEROI · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Charleroi · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of Centre d'Accueil pour l'Enfant · Day nurseries and crèches · Nivelles · since 1983
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Mouscron · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of EN-VOL · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gembloux · since 1996
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Leuven · since 1998
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Day nurseries and crèches · Elsene · since 1999
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Namur · since 1999
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Herstal · since 1997
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Other education · since 2015
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Interior design · since 2016
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Vocational training · since 2016
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Genappe · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Chaudfontaine · since 2015
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2021
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 2022
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Gesves EXTRA · Other membership organisations · Gesves · since 2007
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Orp-Jauche · since 2007
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Gesves · since 2008
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Abbreviation of L'en-vol ASBL · Herstal · since 2024
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Erezée · since 2025
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Lummen · since 2026
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CRICKX SEBASTIEN-NIBELLE GAETAN · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Wavre · since 1998
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Painting of buildings · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of FSDP · Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1970