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.
“MUSEL”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Spa · Wholesale of timber · Spa · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Pont-à-Celles · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Pont-à-Celles · since 1941
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Saint-Ghislain · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Saint-Ghislain · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Comblain-au-Pont · Wholesale of timber · Comblain-au-Pont · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Elsene · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Elsene · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Dendermonde · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Dendermonde · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Tervuren · since 1969
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Other education · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Juprelle · since 2006
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1990
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GIMMY · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waterloo · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of JO & KO · Full-service restaurants · Beersel · since 2001
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Site preparation · Profondeville · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Verviers · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Verviers · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Commune de La Calamine · Logging · Kelmis · since 1919
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Zonnebeke · Afvalwaterafvoer · Zonnebeke · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Berlare · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Berlare · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Lokeren · Afvalwaterafvoer · Lokeren · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Koksijde · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Kontich · since 2016
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Régie Communale Autonome - TILIA · Buying and selling of own real estate · Eupen · since 2006
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Activities of interior architects · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Boom · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Kortrijk · since 2011
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Nivelles · since 1974
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1992
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Namur · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2002
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Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ganshoren · since 2021
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since 1996
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since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2012
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2009
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Brugge · since 1992