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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
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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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Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Wanze · since 2023
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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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 DELEU - MOERMAN · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2013
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Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Drogenbos · since 2008
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Mons · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Beersel · since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Walcourt · since 2013
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2020
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Alken · since 2021
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News agency activities · Andenne · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CH.MALIK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2011
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2007
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Brussel · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1982
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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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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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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
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Etterbeek · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of CONTINENTAL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 1989
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since 1990
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Elsene · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Brussel · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Brasschaat · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 1991