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.
“LIRO”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2001
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Retail sale of bicycles · Pelt · since 2019
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Other education · since 2017
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kortenberg · since 1994
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wevelgem · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beringen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Other education · since 2012
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Veurne · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Koksijde · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nassogne · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Lierse Radioamateur · Lier · since 1999
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Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of l'Inter Réseaux Ellezellois · Ellezelles · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of My Name's... · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Braine-le-Château · since 2008
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2011
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Ukkel · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Rixensart · since 2023
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Other business support services · Tienen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ligue relative à l'education · Brussel · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Flémalle · since 2017