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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tienen · since 2009
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Kontich · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of A.G.M.A · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2020
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Le Meilleur ami de l'Homme · Cafés and bars · Gerpinnes · since 1979
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Mixed farming · Clavier · since 1991
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Genk · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Stekene · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lubbeek · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 2005
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Liedekerke · since 2024
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2025
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Verwerking en conservering van aardappelen, exclusief productie van diepgevroren aardappelbereidingen · Wavre · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Herve · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1999
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Travel agency activities · Laarne · since 2000
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Other education · since 2016
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Other legal services · Leuven · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2019
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Tienen · since 2020
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Muziekactiviteiten Hamont · Hamont-Achel · since 2010
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Arlon · since 2014
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2004
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Roubaix · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · since 2013
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2006
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2021