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.
“MUSKAA”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2016
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Other retail sale of food · Olen · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kampenhout · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brecht · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of HILANI · Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Veterinary services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ZM IMPEX · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Namur · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of BMCF · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ROVAN SPORTS · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Bonheiden · since 2011