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.
“Newstep”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2020
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Waalwijk · since 2007
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Londerzeel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CH.MALIK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2011
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2018
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 1990
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Abbreviation of NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH · Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
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Etterbeek · since 1982
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Elsene · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of TRANSPORTIF · Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 1985
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Insulation installation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · La Louvière · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Brugelette · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
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Other retail sale of food · Honnelles · since 2020
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Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Mons · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of I.S.BATTH · Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Bredene · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sombreffe · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2011
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Other education · since 2004
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Support activities for crop production · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Kapsalon Valerie Braes · Hairdressing and barber services · Geraardsbergen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oudergem · since 2014
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Brussel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of MJ BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015