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.
“Lilli Vanilli”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Hove · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2003
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2007
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1998
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 1983
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Wemmel · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Deerlijk · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FPE · Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Zaventem · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hulshout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Liva fiscale advocaten · Activities of lawyers · Aalst · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of GOKER · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Genk · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Gent · since 2011
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Oostende · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1966
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Kontich · since 1988
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Kraainem · since 2022