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.
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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heusden-Zolder · since 2015
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Assenede · since 1985
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 2023
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Affligem · since 1987
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of DE BRAUWER-NEVEN · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Alken · since 2000
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Anhée · since 2012
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Plumbing work · Riemst · since 2013
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Overijse · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Du non emploi vers l'emploi · Oudergem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Namur · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of NEVE ANTWERP · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Diest · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Vosselaar · since 2003
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Translation services · since 1999
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Abbreviation of NEYT EVENT · Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Lievegem · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Haaltert · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Spa · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Overijse · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Network Engineering Construction · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Pelt · since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2004