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.
“MUSST”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Faimes · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2013
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1988
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding
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Abbreviation of vzw MUST · Contract catering and other food service activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Trade name of ALMAAB · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · Merksplas · since 2024
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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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since 1998
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Juprelle · since 1987
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2009