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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wavre · since 2010
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Other technical testing and analysis · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of LIVING IN FUNKY ENVIRONMENTS · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 1989
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Kalmthout · since 1989
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Zulte · since 2015
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Risk and damage evaluation · Chastre · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of G.H.I. · Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Other software publishing · Anderlecht · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of LC Broker · Insurance agents and brokers · Wavre · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BE NICE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · Kraainem · since 2020
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Lifestyle as Medicine · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Paris · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LIFE ! TV Broadcasting Company · Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · since 2005