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.
“Local-Karma”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of solidarité walheroise · Other membership organisations · Onhaye · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aarschot · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Mama Hazel · Literary creation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brussel · since 2013
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Other business support services · Affligem · since 2023
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Yvoir · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Le Roeulx · since 2020
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Etterbeek · since 1995
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Raising of dairy cattle · Wingene · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Laurence Ortegat Coach d'Auteurs · Book publishing · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LOCA V&C · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2025