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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Thimister-Clermont · since 2001
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Tourist information services · since 2019
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of IDEWE - Externe dienst voor Preventie en Bescherming op het werk · General medical practice · Leuven · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Nationale Beroepsvereniging van Meubelvertegenwoordigers · Oostende · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of DELEN PRIVATE BANK · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Brugge · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2013
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1957
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since 2016
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Aartselaar · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2025