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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of NEW IMMO STUDIES · Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Netwerk Islamexperten · Other education · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NATURE INSPIRED SOLUTIONS · Other research and development on natural sciences · Damme · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NEXUS INVESTMENT STRATEGIES · Insurance agents and brokers · Chimay · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kortrijk · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of NORD - SUD AUTOMOBILE · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vorst · since 1990
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Painting of buildings · Heers · since 2002
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Abbreviation of National movements and Intermediary Structures in Europe · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of NOTRE IDEAL SAVOIR AIDER · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2015
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Logistics services · since 2000
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Temse · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Begijnendijk · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Tubize · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ramillies · since 2002
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Fosses-la-Ville · since 2016
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Literary creation · Eghezée · since 2018
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Brugge · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Veurne · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beringen · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Computer programming · Profondeville · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Damme · since 2006
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Abbreviation of NETINFRASTRUCTUUR BELEIDSINFORMATIE SYSTEMEN · Gent · since 2005
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Translation services · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Rixensart · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of NOUVEL INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2010
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since 1967
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Abbreviation of Ni2 · Other software publishing · Liège · since 2006
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Hasselt · since 1993
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Other retail sale of food · since 2018