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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1990
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Lemgo · since 1978
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EINDHOVEN · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Dental practice · Hulshout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MIDDENSTAND OPDORP LEEFT · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Buggenhout · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Meerhout · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ACV PROVINCIE ANTWERPEN · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Name of an establishment of De Algemene Centrale ABVV Gewest Mechelen+Kempen · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Mechelen · since 1990
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MoreLess · Performing arts by independent artists · Brakel · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Liège · since 2000
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Name of Betermobiel · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Mortsel · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lierde · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wijnegem · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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since 2025