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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Malle · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Grez-Doiceau · since 2020
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lochristi · since 2022
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Abbreviation of National Great Events · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NAMUR-EVENTS A.S.B.L. · Other amusement and recreation activities · Namur · since 2010
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Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2000
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Dentergem · since 2001
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Other information service activities · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Arlon · since 2017
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Fernelmont · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · since 2019
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brecht · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Libin · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2008
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2012
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Event catering · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · Arendonk · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Beerse · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Maldegem · since 2025
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Other sports activities · BREDA · since 2026
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since 1994
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1998
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Kalmthout · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Event catering · Nijlen · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Eupen · since 2003
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2018
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Other sports activities · Keerbergen · since 2020
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2022
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Other sports activities · since 2009
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Event catering · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of HAERHOUT BRAM · Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2011
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Bastogne · since 2024
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Courcelles · since 2025
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Other business support services · Ukkel · since 2025
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Event catering · Elsene · since 2026
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Event catering · Brussel · since 2016
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Brussel · since 1986
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Maaseik · since 2019
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since 2008