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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 1988
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Mons · since 1997
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Kruisem · since 2022
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Kruisem · since 2019
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1985
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Volley MEZO regio Zottegem · Cafés and bars · Zottegem · since 2009
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Tinlot · since 2020
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Namur · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1978
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1993
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1986
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1985
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2025
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Blégny · since 2002