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.
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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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Genk · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Mechelen · since 1977
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BVD · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2019
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Travel agency activities · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Laarne · since 2022
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Other construction installation · Hasselt · since 2010
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2010
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Gent · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hulshout · since 2007
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · La Louvière · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of TROUBADOUR · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of De Kleinen Bistro · Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2008
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 1996
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evergem · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenburg · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zwalm · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Employment placement agencies · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Visual arts creation · Gent · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Visé · since 2019
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Trade name of BUILD ADDICT · General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Halle · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Wijnegem · since 2021
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Detailhandel in boeken · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Media representation · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sprimont · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Willebroek · since 2024
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Other personal services · Leuven · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Lendelede · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2025
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Brugge · since 2025
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Namur · since 1987