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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Compressed Air Services · Retail sale of footwear · Vilvoorde · since 1987
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Mortsel · since 1972
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Kapellen · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ganshoren · since 1982
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Anzegem · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1995
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Cultural education · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Namur · since 1992
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Manufacture of jewellery · Merksplas · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Lochristi · since 1986
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Maaseik · since 1998
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Belgium Building en Co · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Léglise · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Staden · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of KAMENITZA · General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2012