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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Laruelle, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2000
  • Sole trader very similar
    Psychology services · since 2010
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1995
  • La Ruelle similar
    Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1975
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1981
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Finishing of textiles · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1982
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other information technology and computer services · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Bastogne · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2004

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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