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.
“NIDO”
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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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of NIDO ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DE BRONNE · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Brecht · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · Genk · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Jette · since 2009
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Frameries · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Namur · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Namur · since 1968
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Abbreviation of NATURAL INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Huy · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NATIONALE ISOLATIE DIENST · Insulation installation · Zonhoven · since 2015
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Other legal services · Willebroek · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2008
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Ukkel · since 2026
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Turnhout · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Lennik · since 2014
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Computer programming · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2018
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 2024
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Mons · since 1954
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Menen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SONIDO ASBL · Verviers · since 2015
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Evere · since 2016
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Literary creation · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Wervik · since 2026