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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Football clubs · Deinze · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · Oostende · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Football clubs · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2003
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oud-Heverlee · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · Bekkevoort · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of THE BUFFALO SHOE · Retail sale of footwear · Aalst · since 1985
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Nivelles · since 1990
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since 1991
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Event catering · Aalst · since 1993
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Mortsel · since 1993
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of ERIAN · Other construction installation · Diepenbeek · since 2001
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Other sports activities · since 2015
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Brugge · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Arendonk · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2018
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Mieux Interagir avec la Nature et le Territoire · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Lievegem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2020
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Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Molenbeek op de fiets · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MINT PAINT · Painting of buildings · Kontich · since 2021
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Other financial services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Bütgenbach · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Eupen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HANNA.M · Activities of interior architects · Deerlijk · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Wetteren · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2011
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Couvin · since 2012
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Schilde · since 2012
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Anderlecht · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Logopedie Leerplezier · Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Lennik · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2025
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Other sports activities · Sprimont · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Mint Vlaanderen · Zele · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Mien Interieur · Painting of buildings · Rotselaar · since 2021