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.
“La Brainoise”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1901
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Braine-le-Comte · since 1947
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waterloo · since 1976
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Anderlecht · since 1987
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Charleroi · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2008
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Abbreviation of La Braise Social Club asbl · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Clavier · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Stoumont · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SERVICE DE REMPLACEMENT AGRICOLE LA FRASNOISE · Support activities for crop production · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1989
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1914
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Koksijde · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Jabbeke · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ACE CANELLE · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2020
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Hotton · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Tintigny · since 1977
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Cafés and bars · Couvin · since 2023
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Sambreville · since 1892
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Real estate agency activities · Comines-Warneton · since 1983
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE MAATSCHAPPIJ VRIENDENKRING LA BRUGEOISE · Brugge · since 1986
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ichtegem · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Beringen · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 1999
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Abbreviation of la b{rA}sserie des chapeliers · Other membership organisations · Verviers · since 2020
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La Louvière · since 1953