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.
“NOSE”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2005
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2008
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2007
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Herenthout · since 2024
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Name of STEFAN OLIVIER · Activities of company auditors · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Pet training · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of PAPRIKA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 1998
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Lokeren · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NORTH SEA PATIN SAILING ASSOCIATION · De Haan · since 2003
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Other education · since 2019
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Amsterdam · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 2016
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Vorst · since 1945
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2014
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2009
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Chaudfontaine · since 2007
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Other tax advisory services · Neupré · since 2008
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000