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.
“NELLY”
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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2020
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2021
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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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1980
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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BORAS · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2019
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Rochefort · since 2023
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Brakel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Baron Engineering · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lasne · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Lommel · since 2015
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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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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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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2012
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2010
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Wevelgem · since 2004
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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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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Hove · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ELLY.LIVE · Genappe · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1995
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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Zonhoven · since 2011
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since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006
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Vorselaar · since 1978