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.
“MYSHOP”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Madame Mardi · Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Oostende · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 1983
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Ronse · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Erpe-Mere · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other retail sale of food · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2014
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NUENEN · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Diksmuide · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Book publishing · since 2007