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.
“LIBRABEL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ganshoren · since 2004
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Leuven · since 1969
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kalmthout · since 1963
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Raising of other animals · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2013
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Other business support services · Grobbendonk · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1980
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Office administrative and support services · Jabbeke · since 2018
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Dental practice · Diest · since 2021
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Operation of sports facilities · Geel · since 2021
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Vocational training · Asse · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kraainem · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lede · since 2007
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Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Other education · since 2026
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Gent · since 1982
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Insulation installation · Malmedy · since 1985
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Lokeren · since 1995
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zoersel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Translation services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2008
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2014