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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1989
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Ieper · since 2012
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 1992
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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since 2015
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since 2016
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since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2001
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Cultural education · since 2009
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since 1985
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since 1979
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2023
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since 2024
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since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of MARIE - AVENUE LOUISE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · since 2015
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since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2017
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since 2018
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since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2015
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Ledegem · since 2021
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since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Boulangerie Marie · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Ganshoren · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MARIE LINGERIE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activities of interior architects · Hasselt · since 2012
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Riemst · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kluisbergen · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2015
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Translation services · since 2014
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since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2004
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 2008
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since 1982
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since 2006
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Yvoir · since 1999
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Literary creation · since 2015
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2016
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2022
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since 1971
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since 1991
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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since 1977
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 1995