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.
“MAANRO”
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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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Kontich · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 2023
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Other education · Herent · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Other business support services · Wavre · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brugge · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of INFANO · Day nurseries and crèches · Ternat · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mortsel · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tielt-Winge · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roeselare · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Wuustwezel · since 2016