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.
“LORAN”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Merchtem · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of machine tools · De Haan · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2016
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Dental practice · Charleroi · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumst · since 2004
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Visé · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Wetteren · since 2026
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since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Walhain · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Keerbergen · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2009
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Holsbeek · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Pittem · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1991
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Lokeren Radio · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Niklaas · since 1982
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Demolition · Mons · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DITI ET ARI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Lanaken · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · since 1977
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of MMS MINIMARKET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2015
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since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2016
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since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Balen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Liège · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Lokale Radio Limburg · Halen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2015
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Ronse · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Lede · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2023
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since 2015
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General medical practice · Mons · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of IPAC L'ORANGERIE · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 1986
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of VAN WELDEN · Full-service restaurants · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 2001
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1986
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 1988
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Trade name of ORANGERIE DE LA MORLIERE · Full-service restaurants · Lessines · since 2023
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Maarkedal · since 1983
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Roeselare · since 2017
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Brussel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of LO RESTAURANTS · Full-service restaurants · Nivelles · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ORANGERIE 1 TEA ROOM · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Knokke-Heist · since 2016