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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kasterlee · since 2021
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of OBSERVATOIRE SOCIAL EUROPEEN · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Brussel · since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beersel · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Organisations Sportives et Evénementielles · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Virton · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Omnisport Eeksken · Cafés and bars · Opwijk · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Out of stock · Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Gent · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudergem · since 2011
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2004
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Open Your Shine and Exist · Nutrition and dietetics services · Gerpinnes · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Mixed farming · Deinze · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Ledegem · since 2008
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
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Other legal services · Elsene · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zwevegem · since 1984
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Lille · since 1992
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudenburg · since 1997
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Investigation and private security services · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Stabroek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2020
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Killem · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2006
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SAINT-DENIS · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Namur · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Waregem · since 1985
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Lievegem · since 2019