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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Koekelberg · since 1991
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Wholesale of other food products · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1998
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Charleroi · since 2016
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2006
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2016
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Uitgeven van computerspellen · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Etterbeek · since 1992
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Plastering work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2001
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Productie van televisiefilms · Ninove · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chiny · since 2022
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Other construction installation · Bonheiden · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Minis in Motion · Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2013
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since 2012
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2017
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Removal services · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ETOILE DE MER · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Dental practice · since 2021
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2022
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Abbreviation of mission mondiale la verite · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2010