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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

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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.

Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NAEST same name
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 1987
  • NADEST very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hamont-Achel · since 2013
  • NAVEST very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2009
  • NAREST very similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2020
  • NaGest very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Ciney · since 2026
  • N-VEST very similar
    Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 1990
  • nøest very similar
    Joinery installation · Beringen · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 2013
  • NAE IT very similar
    Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • N.A.E. similar
    Abbreviation of NEW ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISE · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1995
  • MANAEST similar
    Raising of horses and other equines · Aywaille · since 2014
  • Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2022

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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