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.
“NAPALE”
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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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Villers-la-Ville · since 2004
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Rijkevorsel · since 2000
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Saint-Malo · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zonhoven · since 1986
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Manufacture of outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other personal services · Jurbise · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2021
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kortenberg · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beringen · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NAPASTUDIO BRUSSELS · Retail sale of household furniture · Elsene · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Elsene · since 2008
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Tielt · since 2001