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.
“NICAR”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Rixensart · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortemark · since 1985
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Brugge · since 2002
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Abbreviation of NICA HOME PROJECTS · Insulation installation · Ninove · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Mons · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Profondeville · since 2008
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Wingene · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Abbreviation of NICOLAÏDÈS INVEST Cy · Grimbergen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Intermutualistisch College · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of B.M.K. · Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Diepenbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of DESAMBLANX MARIO · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lennik · since 1993
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Site preparation · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Trade name of MIGNOLET BART · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Heers · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of MC RECYCLING · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Châtelet · since 2009
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ESCH SUR ALZETTE · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oosterzele · since 2011
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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Risk and damage evaluation · Les Bons Villers · since 2006
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · La Louvière · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kontich · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
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La Louvière · since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Nijlen · since 2012
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Wommelgem · since 2017
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Elsene · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1979