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.
“NAMOP”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Elsene · since 2021
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2023
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Gembloux · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Retail sale of household furniture · Huy · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2022
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since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Interior design · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NEW AUTOMOTION · Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Wevelgem · since 1990
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 2018
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2001
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Namur · since 1979