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.
“Lanex”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building finishing work · Herselt · since 2017
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2020
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Namur · since 2021
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Land surveying · Vilvoorde · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of GEMECO · Land surveying · Zoersel · since 2019
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Roeselare · since 2022
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1972
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Development of residential building projects · Hulshout · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Les Autres Nous · Other personal services · Jette · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wichelen · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Veldvenne.LAN · Other membership organisations · Schilde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of London At Night · Stoumont · since 2026
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Brakel · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 1975
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Herve · since 1985
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Joinery installation · Roeselare · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MARBER · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2013
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Retail sale of beverages, general range
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2019
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Land surveying · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Louis Aménagements Intérieurs Extérieurs · Joinery installation · Namur · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2010
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Literary creation · Neupré · since 2011
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Activities of lawyers · Boom · since 2023
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Zele · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 1968
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Oudenaarde · since 1952