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.
“Monkey mind”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Ranst · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lo-Reninge · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of WENG · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Grimbergen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2014
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Computer programming · Genk · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2021
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Hove · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of The Monkeys Burgers · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · PRAHA 15 · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · Namur · since 2013
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Erquelinnes · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TIMBA · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2009
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Other retail sale of food · Veurne · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MONKEY'S CAR · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020