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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Evergem · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Viroinval · since 2020
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Mobile food service activities · Leuven · since 2025
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Insulation installation · since 2008
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Evergem · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Kontich · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2024
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since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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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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Name of an establishment of LEON B.V. · 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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Abbreviation of Confiserie Leonidas · Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Nivelles · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of PRALINCO · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Arendonk · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of MARION · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Aalst · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of THIBER · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Oostende · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of ORIS - BAELUS · Other retail sale of food · Geel · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of CONFISERIE DANIELE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · De Panne · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of DE MEULEMEESTER · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Aalst · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of DE GROOTE HANS - CHOCOLATERIE · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ieper · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of COWEN · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Wholesale of other household goods
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1992
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 1983
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Other retail sale of food · since 1994
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1990
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1997
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2003
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of W & P INVEST · Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Peer · since 2011
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of COMMERCIAL A.G.R. · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Saint-Ghislain · since 2004
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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