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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of ILHAN FOODS · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Manage · since 1987
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Brussel · since 2015
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Hélécine · since 1989
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Fribourg · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Deinze · since 1999
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Computer programming · Lessines · since 2016
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Computer programming · Wavre · since 2010
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Eupen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NEW ENTENTE FOOT MOIGNELEE SAMBREVILLE · Football clubs · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1982
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hasselt · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Villers-la-Ville · since 2022
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Abbreviation of NETWORK OF EUROPEAN FOUNDATIONS · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of NET ENTREPRISE FRANCOPHONE · Other software publishing · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 2004
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Abbreviation of European Flight Instrument School · Namur · since 1990
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FUTURE INNOVATION SYSTEM CENTRE · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2014