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.
“Normas”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2012
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Paris · since 1985
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Brugge · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Ass. Carbonara · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2020
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SQUADRA B M · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NORMANDIE MANUTENTION · Vimoutiers · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · Ukkel · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of NØRMAN · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zonnebeke · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 2008
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Kortrijk · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van stalen vaten en dergelijke · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2021
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Other sports activities · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Normalisations et Techniques Industrielles · Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Manage · since 1988
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Other technical testing and analysis · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2018
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Schaarbeek · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2008
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Computer programming · Ohey · since 2024
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2009
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Web portal activities · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Namur · since 1986
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants
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Name of an establishment of ESTIOT · Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Brussel · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ronse · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
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Lasne · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Real estate agency activities · Waregem · since 2003
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2025
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 1988
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Leuven · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Bureau européen de l'Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises pour la Normalisation · Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 1996