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.
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1990
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Beerse · since 2021
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Hasselt · since 2011
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of LIPIZZAN INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION · Oostkamp · since 1986
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Abbreviation of LION INVESTMENT FUND · Waregem · since 2017
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Let it fleet · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of LIVING IN FUNKY ENVIRONMENTS · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 1940
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Name of an establishment of Begeleidingscentrum Dennenhof VZW · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Schoten · since 1970
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Brussel · since 1980
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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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Other education · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2013
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Zulte · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Bütgenbach · since 2016
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Genk · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Lievegem Frisbee Team · Lievegem · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lasne · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Other education · since 2022
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Abbreviation of vzw LIFTproject · Aalst · since 2022
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2023
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BROSB · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2023
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Rixensart · since 2004
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Other software publishing · Anderlecht · since 2018