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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of jewellery · Edegem · since 2003
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Koekelberg · since 1993
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Abbreviation of MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENT LEVEL EXPERT · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Binche · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · Torhout · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Manitou Interface and Logistics Europe · Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Perwez · since 2011
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Courcelles · since 2012
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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Site preparation · since 2025
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MILES BRUGGE · Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Brugge · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Zoersel · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Malle · since 2006
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Bierbeek · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Vosselaar · since 2022