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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of U.S.I. · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Visé · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Haaltert · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Arendonk · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Boortmeerbeek · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Lochristi · since 2010
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of bpost · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Brussel · since 1974
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Leuven · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of JIVELUX · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Other tax advisory services · Brussel · since 1990
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Vorst · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 1996
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2010
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1996
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lede · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Abbreviation of LEYSEN INVEST · Activities of holding companies · Malle · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2018
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Charleroi · since 2019
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Boechout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of LiNK Engineering Group · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Wetteren · since 2022
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Retail sale of bicycles · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2010
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Aalst · since 2011
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2012
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Tervuren · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2004
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Activities of building architects · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Laakdals InclusieNetwerk voor Kinderen · Laakdal · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SABILA · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of L'INATTITUDE · Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2005