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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lede · since 1991
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Rebecq · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2006
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Liège · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1996
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1999
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Inland freight water transport · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of NATURE AND AQUARIUM DESIGN ANTWERP · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of NA Design en Architects · Activities of interior architects · Vilvoorde · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Stavelot · since 2007
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Waregem · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Nouvelle Amicale de l'Athénée Royal de Tamines · Sambreville · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1996
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Abbreviation of LEADER INVEST · General construction of residential buildings · Ramillies · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Integratie, educatie en cultuurcentrum NAS · Aalst · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Hensies · since 2016
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Other education · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2007
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Abbreviation of DOCUMENTATIE EN DIGITAAL ONDERSTEUNINGSCENTRUM VOOR ALLE BEROEPEN EN VAKVERENIGINGEN · Advertising agencies · Niel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of NYS ADVISORY SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Kraainem · since 2020
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Elsene · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE DE DIFFUSION DES ARTS DU SPECTACLE · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1998
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since 1988
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La Louvière · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Berlare · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 1959
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2009