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
2 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 · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Employment placement agencies · Lendelede · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of ARTIMET · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Hasselt · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2020
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Maasmechelen · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Izegem · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Hulshout · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Lights On Tibet · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Lens Optical Technology · Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Lommel · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Land of Tomorrow · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Haacht · since 1982
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Construction of roads and motorways · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2013
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since 1988
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1982