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.
“NINES”
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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Event catering · Kontich · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brecht · since 1994
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2025
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Durbuy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VITRINE · Cafés and bars · since 2022
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Other information service activities · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NineSigma Europe · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2008
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Other education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Nine Engineering · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RUTTEN - NEW ENERGY SYSTEM · Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Herstal · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of NEVER ENDING STORY · Production of cinema films · Evere · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kruisem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Nouvelle Economie Solidaire · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2019
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since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Jabbeke · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2022
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2017
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Production of cinema films · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of SHOKUNIN CONSULTING · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Manage · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lievegem · since 2025
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Crimibox · Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Gent · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2009