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.
“Lizard Wizard”
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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Huy · since 2026
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Kuurne · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants
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LYON · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Laarne · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · Mechelen · since 2008
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Painting of buildings · since 1997
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Joinery installation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Trade name of BALCAEN - VERSNOYEN · Gent · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Schelle · since 2020
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of NATYLIM · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Gent · since 1997