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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Chaudfontaine · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
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Fitness centres · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlues · since 2010
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Manufacture of beer · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of HAIR GARAGE · Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Visual arts creation · Schoten · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of LICHT & VERF · General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Lummen · since 2009
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Development of non-residential building projects · Genk · since 1975
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of PRIVATE & CORPORATE CONCEPTS · Activities of interior architects · Waregem · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Gent · since 1991
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Other personal services · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 2006
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Liège · since 1968
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Machining of metals · Dison · since 2020
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Brussel · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Engis · since 2013
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 1990
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Abbreviation of NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH · Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1994
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Abbreviation of NEWTREE · Wholesale of other food products · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2001
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Raising of horses and other equines · Villers-la-Ville · since 2010
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zoutleeuw · since 2010
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Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herstal · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2013