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.
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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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Other education · Herent · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Huldenberg · since 2025
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Wavre · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brugge · since 2011
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of LA MACHINE AGRICOLE DE NORMANDIE · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Evreux - Eure · since 1990
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Abbreviation of M&A ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Akhanda Ma · Silly · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Turnhout · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Seneffe · since 2023
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Flémalle · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2025
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Diksmuide · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2013
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Gent · since 2015
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2018
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Brugge · since 2018
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Mechelen · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herentals · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Halle · since 2023
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2006
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Affligem · since 2024
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Rumst · since 2024
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1991
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Fitness centres · Brussel · since 2013
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Lanaken · since 2014
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2019
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Lint · since 2020
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 1969
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Beernem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of MOdern African Anglophon Culture · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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Eghezée · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lokeren · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Zoersel · since 1975