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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activiteiten van bibliotheken · since 2018
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Detailhandel in boeken · Elsene · since 2020
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Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 1973
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Pelt · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Turnhout · since 2012
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Binche · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Binche · since 1881
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1988
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Clavier · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of LA GRANGE ACHOUFFE · Cafés and bars · Houffalize · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Laakdal · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE LA GRANGE, société multiprofessionnelle d'architectes · Activities of building architects · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2007
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
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LONDON · since 2000
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1994
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Immo de la Bassée · Full-service restaurants · Sombreffe · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Sombreffe · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1988