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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Awans · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 2023
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Deinze · since 2024
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Lanaken · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2016
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Abbreviation of New Mobility club sportif pour personnes à mobilité réduite · Mouscron · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Ans · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2025
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Other business support services · Stabroek · since 1928
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Voiron · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2009
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Wavre · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SOCIETE OCEANE DE DISTRIBUTION · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1975
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since 2022