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.
“NEW ORIENT EXPRESS”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1992
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1992
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1976
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Charleroi · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ASMAE HALLE · Contract catering and other food service activities · Halle · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Liège · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1999
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Grez-Doiceau · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of PHANDUNG · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Dental practice · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Dental practice · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 2004
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ANDREA XIANG · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Jette · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Pont - Express · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Grimbergen · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of VAN DEN HOUTE-DE SMET BIJZONDERE BENAMING : R & T EXPRESS · Removal services · Herzele · since 2000