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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boechout · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Quiévrain · since 1998
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2020
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Insulation installation · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met goederenvervoer · since 2026
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Paris · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Rochefort · since 2021
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Translation services · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Tyre services · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Florennes · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Quaregnon · since 2006
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Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · since 2026