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.
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Bouillon · since 2023
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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
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Vermogensbeheer · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Tattoo and piercing services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of 'T Nieuw Schrijntje · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aalst · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt-Winge · since 2005
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Oudergem · since 1988
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Gembloux · since 1992
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Enghien · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Middelkerke · since 2005
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Roofing work · Wavre · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlues · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of NEOXY CONSULTANCY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2014