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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Ieper · since 2008
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Liège · since 1989
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Liège · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Stavelot · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1970
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1983
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Onderwijs voor sociale promotie · Antwerpen · since 2004
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Fitness centres · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Plombières · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bekkevoort · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2025
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brugge · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of T.E CONSTRUCTION · General cleaning of buildings · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of JAC CORP · Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Antoing · since 2026
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Oostende · since 1947
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Name of an establishment of DGA · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Boortmeerbeek · since 2010
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Genappe · since 1995
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PARIS · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Quiévrain · since 2021
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Visé · since 2023