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-C”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1982
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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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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1981
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Les Bons Villers · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Asse · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NewCo Holding · Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of GAUDER & Co · Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1976
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2002
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Stekene · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Fleurus · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1939
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Development of non-residential building projects · Brussel · since 2000
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Aartselaar · since 2014
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · La Bruyère · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of New Ciro's · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Gent · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
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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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Fitness centres · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Abbreviation of NEWTREE · Wholesale of other food products · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2001
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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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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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlues · since 2010
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 2011
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Manufacture of beer · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2012
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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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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Beyne-Heusay · since 2002
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Event catering · Zaventem · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2001
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Charleroi · since 1990
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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