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.
“NETE”
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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Full-service restaurants · Willebroek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hulshout · since 1981
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Abbreviation of NEW EUROPEAN TRADE · Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1978
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Abbreviation of NASSOGNE EN TRANSITION · Other membership organisations · Nassogne · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Elsene · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of New Energy Technics · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Lebbeke · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2014
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Computer programming · Braine-le-Château · since 2017
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van vuurvaste producten · Edegem · since 2021
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 2008
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Rumst · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of BUCHEN · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Berlaar · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LAVANET · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Berlaar · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of TALBOOM · Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Herselt · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of VSD TRADING · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Ath · since 2002
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · since 2016