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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Leuven · since 1983
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oud-Turnhout · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Wevelgem · since 2004
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Frameries · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Kelmis · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2014
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Lommel · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Baron Engineering · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lasne · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Etterbeek · since 2009
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Netwerk Emotioneel Lichaamswerk Vlaanderen · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Demolition · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Enghien · since 2024
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · since 2026
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ACM Belgium Life · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Brussel · since 1957
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hoeilaart · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
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Logging · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · La Louvière · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Rochefort · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Elsene · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Dessel · since 2023
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Bornem · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Blégny · since 2023