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.
“Lo, Wing”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1975
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Elsene · since 2016
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News agency activities · Lummen · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2009
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since 2025
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Minusio · since 2014
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Izegem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Wuustwezel · since 2014
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1976
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026
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Other education · Herent · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2010
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Nijlen · since 2026
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Genk · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aalst · since 1999
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Retie · since 2017
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Kontich · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kontich · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2026
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Other education · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lievegem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026