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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of cinema films · Bonheiden · since 2022
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Chaudfontaine · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MAYERA INTERNATIONAL · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · since 2001
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MAÏTIA · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2000
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Event catering · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of THE BUDDHA OF LOVE AND LIGHT · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Raising of dairy cattle · Tielt · since 2009
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Roeselare · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Other education · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2026
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Zonhoven · since 1988
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General medical practice · Mons · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Maïs · Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Ukkel · since 1994
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Damme · since 1997
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Computer programming · Kortenberg · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Mouvement Artistique d'Improvisation Régional · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Miles Ahead Investment Company · Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2022
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Manufacture of outerwear · Comines-Warneton · since 2023
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met gespecialiseerde bouwnijverheid · Lessines · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Visé · since 1995
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Operation of sports facilities · Villers-la-Ville · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MAI THAI LOTUS · Cafés and bars · Lochristi · since 2014