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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Pelt · since 1994
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Mons · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Boortmeerbeek · since 1996
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General medical practice · Walcourt · since 2024
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Wijnegem · since 1980
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Oostende · since 1982
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ELLANGE · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · ESSEN · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ohey · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · panningen · since 2006
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Ternat · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ellezelles · since 1988
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General medical practice · Jette · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2016
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General medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Oudergem · since 2004
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Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2006
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Impact Therapie · General medical practice · Pelt · since 2024
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Book publishing · Liège · since 2014
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Waterloo · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Artsenpraktijk Grauls-Goeminne BV BVBA & Kornati BV BVBA FV · General medical practice · Leuven · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · Vorst · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2018
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Etterbeek · since 2019
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Elsene · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ath · since 2022
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Dental practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Brussel · since 1981
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Londerzeel · since 1986
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Liège · since 1986
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General medical practice · Eghezée · since 1988
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Other personal services · Evere · since 1988
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Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MEDI8 · Agents and brokers in banking services · Zoersel · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Roeselare · since 1998
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Wemmel · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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Grez-Doiceau · since 2001
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Abbreviation of MEDITERRANEAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK · Vorst · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2015
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
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Abbreviation of MEDIATION INSTITUUT VLAANDEREN · Vocational training · Mechelen · since 2005
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Thuin · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Charleroi · since 2007
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Edegem · since 2024
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Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Vanbreda Mediùs · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Anderlecht · since 1985