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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Verviers · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VAN LAER · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Zandhoven · since 1999
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Hasselt · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Stekene · since 2025
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Brussel · since 1975
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Tourcoing · since 2022
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Brussel · since 2011
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2008
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Huy · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lummen · since 2002
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Ranst · since 2025
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sprimont · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Natif vzw · Event catering · Brugge · since 2021
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Oostende · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BARACUS · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1962