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.
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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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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Liège · since 2001
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · München · since 2017
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Other technical testing and analysis · Liège · since 2023
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · since 2019
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1989
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Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1997
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1978
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of EKHA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Meise · since 2018
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2006
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 1973
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2025
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Mons · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of GEMMA SRL · Full-service restaurants · Arlon · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · since 1996