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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of NEDERLANDSTALIGE AMATEURCINEASTEN VAN BELGIE · Turnhout · since 1975
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Retail sale of bicycles · Dinant · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Neutraal Advies Bureau · Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Froidchapelle · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2019
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Activities of notaries · Braine-le-Comte · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2022
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Trade name of SBMH-Technics · General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Name of AYRIM · Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Abbreviation of NotABikeShop · Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of National Audio - Visual Association - Belgium · Brussel · since 1980
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Etterbeek · since 1988
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Herent · since 1991
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Meise · since 1992
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Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Tourcoing 59200 · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Nabta Art Center · Ukkel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of TIKKA MASALA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bekkevoort · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 2023
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Oostende · since 2009
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Tinlot · since 2010
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other financial services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BWD Hydraulic Seeding Ltd · Manmouthshire · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of MEDISCO LAB IMPORT EXPORT · Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of INTERNACIONAL INFORMACION TRADE CENTRO S.L. · News agency activities · Madrid · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DVBiz · Other education · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · since 2018
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Abbreviation of NAMUR SPORTS · Namur · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS · Balen · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2021
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Abbreviation of TOKUE Inc. · Aichi · since 1969
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Hairdressing and barber services · Maasmechelen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Nachtarbeit · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Abbreviation of New Art Academy · Wavre · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Nurse@Affligem · Podiatry and foot care · Affligem · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Anderlecht · since 1983
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Key Figures Belgium · Employment placement agencies · Turnhout · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Elsene · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of N.A. Algemeen Bouwbedrijf · General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2018