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.
“Modus Vivendi”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Ronse · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1987
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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Research and development on biotechnology · Rumes · since 2005
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beersel · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Lasne · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2012
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Interior design · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of WORLD OF JACE · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 1989
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wervik · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1981
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Activities of building architects · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of C.M.F. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Ukkel · since 1988
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DOKTER L.J.A. VAN DEN BOSSCHE · General medical practice · Lanaken · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · Lanaken · since 2017
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Fitness centres · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 1997
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Employment placement agencies · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Charleroi · since 2019