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.
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Wingene · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Leuven · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Maison d'Accueil socio-sanitaire de Bruxelles - Medisch sociaal Opvangcentrum van Brussel · Ambulante hulpverlening aan drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Lo-Reninge · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Maritime Assistance & Survey Services · Logistics services · Temse · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Matter Shape Space · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
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Other business support services · Anzegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND SALES · Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Soignies · since 2004
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Dental practice · Zaventem · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Gent · since 1992
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since 2014
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Elsene · since 2024
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1996
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Day nurseries and crèches · Harelbeke · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MAISON MATERNELLE · Namur · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Interior design · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kuurne · since 2010
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2012
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of KARWEIEN DIMI · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Oudenburg · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2012
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2001
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Roofing work · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Wevelgem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2018
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2023
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Elsene · since 2010
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Other education · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Bocholt · since 2024
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Overige accommodatie · since 2024
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Oudergem · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Bree · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2026
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Mortsel · since 2022
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Psychology services · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Bureau d'Affaires Masson · Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Hannut · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Zonnebeke · since 1998
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Forging of metal · since 1977
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hooglede · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025