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.
“NILE”
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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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2002
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Brussel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2018
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Abbreviation of New Interior Lighting · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Culture in vivo · Other education · Nivelles · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of XHO SRL · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2014
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Bocholt · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Ganshoren · since 1990
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zutendaal · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Schoten · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2020
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Deinze · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of IBE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beersel · since 2010
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Land surveying · Herve · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Andenne · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of DP TORHOUT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2015
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Roofing work · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · Schilde · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2004