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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2003
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ath · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · Lessines · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lebbeke · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Charleroi · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of LORAS · Wholesale of machine tools · De Haan · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Leopoldsburg · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2019