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.
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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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wetteren · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wellen · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lichtervelde · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tournai · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ABCHIR · Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP VOOR MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT EN CONSULTING · Development of residential building projects · Meise · since 1979
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Baarle-Hertog · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Mons · since 2020
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Computer programming · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Dendermonde · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Aarschot · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Glaszetten · As · since 2017
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Translation services · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2011
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of COMPANY SERVICES & SOLUTIONS · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2007