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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2007
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Ans · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Waterloo · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 1996
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Gent · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of L'entre-Deux · Activiteiten van botanische tuinen en dierentuinen · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2020
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Lier · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1983
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Other legal services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kuurne · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Saint-Ghislain · since 1997
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Maasmechelen · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Arlon · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hotton · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Charleroi · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1983
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Abbreviation of FONDS DE PENSIONS L'OREAL - PENSIOENFONDS · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2000
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Retail sale of footwear · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2014
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Activities of interior architects · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Employment placement agencies · Bierbeek · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Hoeilaart · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Ans · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LORENZ PROJECTS · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2026
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General medical practice · Mons · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Awans · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Maaseik · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Hotels and similar accommodation · Aywaille · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherche ,de Documentation et d'Information dans le Domaine du Loisir, de la Récréation et du Tourisme pour la Communauté française de Belgique · Brussel · since 1982
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Abbreviation of LO RESTAURANTS · Full-service restaurants · Nivelles · since 2019