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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2011
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Anderlecht · since 1986
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Munchen · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Gent · since 2012
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Pelt · since 2004
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Visé · since 1983
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1988
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Hoogstraten · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of MARTINUS MEETING CENTER · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heers · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2007
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2013
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Literary creation · Roeselare · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Libin · since 2025
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since 1993
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2000
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Abbreviation of MULTICOQUES AILEES - M.A.R.T.I.N. · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Somme-Leuze · since 1987
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Hoeve Roodhuys · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of HILDE EN FRANKY WILLAERT · Hotels and similar accommodation · Nieuwpoort · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of MARTIBEL · Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bouillon · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2011
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association des copropriétaires de la Résidence Martinique sis à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Chaussée de Ninove 1078 · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Sprimont · since 2023
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Other education · since 1996
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 1977
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Hairdressing and barber services · Waterloo · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars Residentie MARTINUS te 3870 Heers-Vechmaal, gelegen op de hoek van de Sint-Martinusstraat en de Kleinveldstraat · Heers · since 2000
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La Louvière · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zedelgem · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Factoring · Lichtervelde · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Leuven · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
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Geraardsbergen · since 1986