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.
“LICORN”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Advertising agencies · Malmedy · since 2016
-
Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
-
Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2022
-
Botlek Rotterdam · since 2007
-
Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Brasschaat · since 2009
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Retail sale of games and toys · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
-
Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 1992
-
Activities of holding companies · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2013
-
since 1991
-
Name of an establishment of LICOM-TELECOM-SYSTEMS · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Brugge · since 1998
-
Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Hasselt · since 2023
-
Name of an establishment of LUBRIKO · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Koksijde · since 2010
-
Aalst · since 1971
-
Raising of horses and other equines · Bièvre · since 1985
-
Abbreviation of LA LICORNE DINANT · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Dinant · since 1989
-
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1990
-
Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1991
-
Liège · since 1992
-
Liège · since 1997
-
Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2017
-
Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1986
-
Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2004
-
Brussel · since 1988
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liedekerke · since 2018
-
Vermogensbeheer · Herve · since 2020
-
Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2023
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Amel · since 2024
-
Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025
-
Joinery installation · since 1995
-
Abbreviation of Limburgs Coördinatie-Orgaan Opleidings- en Tewerkstellingsinitiatieven, Bijzondere Doelgroepen · Genk · since 1994