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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van ovens en permanente verwarmingstoestellen voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Herve · since 2023
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Wholesale of machine tools · Wevelgem · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of WICHMANN · Cafés and bars · Eeklo · since 1982
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of VEVA COLLECTION · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Maldegem · since 1991
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Hove · since 1996
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Lebbeke · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE LUXOR TE 3740 BILZEN-BEVERST, SINT-GERTRUDISPLEIN · Bilzen · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Vanthournout - Sieben · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aalter · since 2004
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2007
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1968
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Spa · since 1987
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2025
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Ganshoren · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of TAVERNE LUX · Site preparation · Maaseik · since 1992
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Visual arts creation · Gent · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortrijk · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2016
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Gent · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brugge · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Liège · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2019
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Abbreviation of LUXURY LODGES · Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LUX Lightstore · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Gavere · since 2011
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Liège · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Willebroek · since 2024
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Lux-O-Bel (Luxaflex Organisation Belgium) · Brussel · since 1967
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Stavelot · since 2011
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Activities of bailiffs · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Lummen · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1975
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2017