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.
“Mixto”
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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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Zaventem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2017
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Elsene · since 2018
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Leuven · since 2005
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Trade name of BEGEERT · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2025
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Gent · since 1966
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vilvoorde · since 1998
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Tienen · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Lokeren · since 2021
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Demolition · Anderlecht · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Turnhout · since 1962
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Activities of holding companies · Frameries · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beringen · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Attert · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2016