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.
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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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Leuven · since 2012
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2013
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Insulation installation · Etterbeek · since 2005
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Lendelede · since 2017
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
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Roofing work · Waregem · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zonnebeke · since 2022
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2004
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Computer programming · Koekelberg · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2005
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2019