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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Beringen · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Mezzos · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Keerbergen · since 2021
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Binche · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MB CONCEPT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Mouscron · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Eye-ct · Computer programming · Lochristi · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2012
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2011
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Volley MEZO regio Zottegem · Cafés and bars · Zottegem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MEZZA DRIE · Cafés and bars · Ninove · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Mons · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of TAMARIS · General cleaning of buildings · Charleroi · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · ROTTERDAM · since 2023
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since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalter · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Other business support services · Wetteren · since 2010
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Other education · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Van Linden en Daems · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SIMVER · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2000
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Ranst · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2000
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Psychology services · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1969
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of MARVIN VAN DER VELDEN · Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALTER · Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Brussel · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of NAKO · Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2003