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.
“LIRE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of l'Inter Réseaux Ellezellois · Ellezelles · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ligue relative à l'education · Brussel · since 2013
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2003
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES · Other business support services · Tielt · since 2009
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Activities of bailiffs · Ukkel · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2018
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Lierse Radioamateur · Lier · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2001
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Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of bicycles · Pelt · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of THORAR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Vosselaar · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993