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.
“MoMa ASBL”
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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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudenaarde · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of FOODINVEST · Full-service restaurants · Anhée · since 2017
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Aalter · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Book publishing · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of YPHANTIDOU · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · Pelt · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brugge · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Performing arts by independent artists · Leuven · since 2022
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Hove · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Lommel · since 2026