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.
“LIPAT”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Vilvoorde · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Houffalize · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 1984
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Tournai · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Turnhout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Vorselaar · since 2015
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Diepenbeek · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Staden · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2009
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Activities of interior architects · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Lentz Invest Participations · Tournai · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wevelgem · since 2013
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Event catering · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2008
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Translation services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2008
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Insulation installation · Zottegem · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2012
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Schaarbeek · since 1952