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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Bierbeek · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Traiteur Scott de Schepper Food & Service · Event catering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Willebroek · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Turnhout · since 1996
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of JOVA · Event catering · Ninove · since 2014
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Abbreviation of AMUSE vzw · Cultural education · Beringen · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Nijlen · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Nieuwpoort · since 2009
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Event catering · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of HIVE TECHNICAL PRODUCTIONS · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bredene · since 2007
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Finishing of textiles · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Wetteren · since 2018
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Hoeilaart · since 2018
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Event catering · Meise · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2007
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Event catering · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Mons · since 1990
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1978
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of 28 · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 1998
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Wholesale of other household goods · Ledegem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of RIOSUMA · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Esneux · since 2022
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Gent · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brasschaat · since 2001
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2025
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of JANELLEN · Full-service restaurants · Aalter · since 2009
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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Trade name of PAMAROLA · Groothandel in fietsen · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1998