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.
“Nostalgia”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Diepenbeek · since 1991
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Accordeongezelschap Nostalgia vzw · Turnhout · since 2017
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2003
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Gouvy · since 1988
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Evere · since 1990
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Menen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of HUYSENTRUYT - DOSQUET · Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 1996
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2015
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Volodymyr · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Genk · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Pelt · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ZHANO · Cafés and bars · Ninove · since 2007
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HOUILLES · since 2025
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brussel · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumes · since 2019
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Diest · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Sibrasco · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Quévy · since 1979
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of PICADOR · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herent · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Wichelen · since 1991
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2023
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Oostende · since 2003
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Tourist information services · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 1995
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Opwijk · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · Gent · since 2010
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Schoten · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 2002