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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Meerhout · since 2016
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2016
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Computer programming · Tournai · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2022
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gembloux · since 1999
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, SERVICES AND TRADE · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van cider en andere gefermenteerde vruchtendranken · Leuven · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt-Winge · since 2004
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Abbreviation of MEERWAARDE,OMNIPRESENCE,SYMPATHIE & TRIAL · Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2005
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Other retail sale of food · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Stabroek · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1965
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Office administrative and support services · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Lievegem · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Modern Orthodontics Supplies · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Vorst · since 1982
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Dendermonde · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Ministry of Solar · General electrical installation work · Wingene · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2015
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Abbreviation of LISTEN · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Bassenge · since 2022
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Machining of metals · since 2023
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · La Louvière · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Holsbeek · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CURRY · Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2004
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MATTHIJS OFFICE SUPPLIES · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Zaventem · since 2003