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.
“Nil Retail”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Niel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WIL'INVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Visé · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · Schelle · since 2005
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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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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2014
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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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Retail sale of footwear · Antwerpen · since 1971
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Wetteren · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Herve · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2026
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Veurne · since 1979
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2024