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.
“Metropical”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Herstal · since 2013
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other personal services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of SCHOONHEIDSVERZORGING TROPICAL · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Balen · since 2003
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants
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since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Meerhout · since 2009
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Stekene · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of NINOME · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MIR-HA Services · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Limbourg · since 1990
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Rixensart · since 2001
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Gent · since 1982
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brussel · since 1998
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Düsseldorf · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Zandhoven · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Lago · Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Cafés and bars · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2008
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1999
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Gent · since 1962