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.
“NABS”
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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2022
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Abbreviation of NotABikeShop · Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of NEDERLANDSTALIGE AMATEURCINEASTEN VAN BELGIE · Turnhout · since 1975
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2013
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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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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2017
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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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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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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2011
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2001