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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants
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Name of an establishment of BIEFSTUK · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2016
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Wevelgem · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · Kortenberg · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Amay · since 2023
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Other sports activities · Ukkel · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2019
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Ukkel · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Neupré · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 2012
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AMSTERDAM · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of DECOMAER · Cafés and bars · Kortemark · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Koksijde · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Estinnes · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Walhain · since 2015
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Computer programming · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Haaltert · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2014
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General cleaning of buildings · Zaventem · since 2013
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Market research and public opinion polling · Halen · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1999
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2016
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Eghezée · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Liège · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of LMG OPTIMIZE · Computer programming · Heuvelland · since 2022
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FIVABU · Physiotherapy · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Abbreviation of OPTIMIND CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
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Other business support services · Maldegem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2011
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Computer programming · Wevelgem · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostende · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Brecht · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 1990
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Other business support services · Liège · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Proefboren en boren · Lummen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kampenhout · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Opwijk · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ORGANISATION DE PROMOTION TOURISTIQUE ET IMMOBILIERE · Mixed farming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1980