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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2019
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since 1981
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since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Kraainem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of GUCCI BELGIUM · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 1992
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Wetteren · since 2015
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2023
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since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Les musts du cacao et du chocolat · Tourist information services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Jelani Projects · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020