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.
“MOYART”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Gent · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Deinze · since 2011
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Plumbing work · Blankenberge · since 2011
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 1983
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Personenvervoer over binnenwateren · Temse · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of RIBS & BRUGGE · Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of RIBS & AALST · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of RIBS & BRUSSEL · Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1992
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since 2000
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of BPMO · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2018
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MAYIO · Wholesale of other food products · Ukkel · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2017