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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ukkel · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2003
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2026
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since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2021
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Retail sale of footwear · Duffel · since 2024
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Mixed farming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 2020
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Visual arts creation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Support activities for animal production · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Brugge · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2009
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Coating of metals · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Nieuw Vennep · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Rijkevorsel · since 2024
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Event catering · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wemmel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of JA14 · Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MQueen Caffe · Cafés and bars · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Zemst · since 1968