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 Clef”
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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Vorst · since 2017
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Visual arts creation · Vorst · since 2007
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Schaarbeek · since 1973
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Brussel · since 1979
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 1993
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Abbreviation of CENTRE LIBERAL EVEROIS · Evere · since 2018
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Pharmacie populaire La Sauvegarde · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Soumagne · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Quentin Meeùs – La Clef · Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants
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Cafés and bars · Rixensart · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LLAVE · Event catering · Rixensart · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beloeil · since 2004
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Dinant · since 1992
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Waddinxveen · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 2009