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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Vorst · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of TARMID · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Namur - Europe - Wallonie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Namur · since 1988
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Liège · since 1989
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Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waremme · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Flémalle · since 2005
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Abbreviation of NEW BUREAU ASSURANCES CONDROZ · Insurance agents and brokers · Modave · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Luxembourg · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 2011