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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of P&M INVEST · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MICHAEL IS DEAD · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Maldegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MARKETING INTELLIGENCE & DIFFUSION · Activities of holding companies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Abbreviation of M-I DENEF · Activities of bailiffs · Namur · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FEMMES D'ICI ET D'AFRIQUE DE L'EST · Brussel · since 2015
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Ukkel · since 2017
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Liège · since 2020
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Brasschaat · since 1978
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Retail sale of household furniture · Jabbeke · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Management Initiative Developpement Activities · Brussel · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1992
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Lugano 6900 · since 1996
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Abbreviation of MARKGRAVE INFRASTRUCTUUR EN DIENSTEN AAN BEDRIJVEN · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Basilic & Co · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2018
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2004
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Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 2007
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Pet boarding · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Profondeville · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2003
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Ukkel · since 1977