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.
“Notwins”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ittre · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2018
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Nieuwpoort · since 2016
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Seraing · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of SABCO · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 1991
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Evere · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 1995
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tielt · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 1997
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Trade name of A.B. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Wichelen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of FUNPUCCI · Full-service restaurants · Arlon · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of IRMGARD & ASTRID · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gingelom · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1998
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1979
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Rijkevorsel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of PERQUY-LYCKE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wingene · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 1994
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Charleroi · since 2023
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2010
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Châtelet · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of DOROTHY. · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lokeren · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Lommel · since 2003
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Abbreviation of TOWN WIDE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS SYSTEM · Brussel · since 2007
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since 2008
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Rumst · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025