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.
“NICOU”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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l'Hay-les-Roses · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2015
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BULEU · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2012
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Wholesale of other household goods · Zutendaal · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Incourt · since 1973
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Perwez · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1965
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Messancy · since 2014
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Other cleaning activities · Ans · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Aalst · since 2022
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Abbreviation of NeysImmo & Co · Development of residential building projects · Essen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Vervliet Projects · Activities of interior architects · Lier · since 2011
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Other education · since 2004
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2005
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ingelmunster · since 2007
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Gavere · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Aliaxis Belgium · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1983
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Gent · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1991
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Rixensart · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Nico Van Buitenen · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2013
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Genk · since 2019
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Roofing work · Fleurus · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Drogenbos · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zwevegem · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Ukkel · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Ramillies · since 2025
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Maaseik · since 2025
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Waregem · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2026
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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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La Louvière · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BELGIUM DRINKS · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Brussel · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Bastogne · since 2000
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Abbreviation of NUMERICS IN CONTROLNETWORK · Leuven · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Schelle · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gembloux · since 2008
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Koekelberg · since 2009
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since 1984
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2005
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Elsene · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1979
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Antwerpen · since 1971
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Overijse · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Sint-Truiden · since 2005