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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Interior design · Etterbeek · since 2009
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SWIDNIK · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Roofing work · Genappe · since 2022
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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 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · La Hulpe · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
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Herstal · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Computer programming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of KINALI · Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oudenaarde · since 1986