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.
“MINIVAL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2003
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Activities of interior architects · Elsene · since 2005
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kortrijk · since 1987
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Real estate agency activities · Lommel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ternat · since 2021
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Veterinary services · Tubize · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Huldenberg · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Kortrijk · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Kortrijk · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Aalst · since 1959
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Name of an establishment of B7 · Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Brugge · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of CUCU · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Steenokkerzeel · since 2001
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MNBB · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Lasne · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Mini-Mouton · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Lasne · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MINIM CONSTRUCTION · General construction of residential buildings · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Mol · since 2024
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016