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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Tienen · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lommel · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2011
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Other tax advisory services · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ROMON · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 1983
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Lommel · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Silly · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · 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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Full-service restaurants · since 1968
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Zoersel · since 2025
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Roeselare · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2022
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Steenokkerzeel · since 2024
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Logistics services · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ACM Belgium Life · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Brussel · since 1957
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Leuven · since 1983
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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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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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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pepinster · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Lille · since 1999
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Temse · since 2016
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Middelkerke · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Blégny · since 2023