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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Villers-la-Ville · since 2020
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2005
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Aalst · since 2020
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2022
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Materials recovery from waste · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2010
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Vorst · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Werkgemeenschap META · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Schilde · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vrij Vorsings- en Vormingscentrum Meta · Hemiksem · since 1986
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Kinrooi · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ME-TA MATTIAS NEYT · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Waremme · since 2019
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Abbreviation of META ARCHITECTUURBUREAU · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Mobiliteitserfgoed Tram en Autobus · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Mechelen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DIRIKA · Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 1988
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT DES FABRICANTS, IMPORTATEURS ET UTILISATEURS D'AROMES, ESSENCES, EXTRAIT ET PRODUITS AROMATIQUES · Market research and public opinion polling · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1991
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1985
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Assesse · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SALON VERT NIVELLES · Hairdressing and barber services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ARTTECH · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2025
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Koksijde · since 1991
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Abbreviation of METROLOGY et TEST ASSOCIATION · Oudergem · since 1997
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Trade name of Vanhuysse - Maes · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Oostende · since 1997