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 YORK”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Gent · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of SUGAR K · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DELISON · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of HARPREET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Operation of fairground attractions · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wervik · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of NEW YORKER Belgium · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Maasmechelen · since 2005
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Brussel · since 1938
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Name of an establishment of MANGOSTA · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Plumbing work · Wichelen · since 2024
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2026
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WINDHOF · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Abbreviation of International Chemical Corporation New-York · New-York · since 1976
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Cafés and bars · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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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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Name of an establishment of Studio NY Salsa · Cultural education · Elsene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Midyat · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of FABRIQ · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of The New-Yorker-American hot-dog · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Trooz · since 2011