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.
“Lobstar”
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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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Trade name of RESTO LOBSTER · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1953
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of NAZOU · Hairdressing and barber services · Vorst · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2005
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Zutendaal · since 2026
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Wemmel · since 2011
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Other information service activities · Oosterzele · since 2026
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Herzele · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Sorghvliedt Aartselaar Samenwerking · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ABCD · Vertoning van films · Gent · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nivelles · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GABI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024