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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1989
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1979
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Jodoigne · since 1965
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1983
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 1987
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Liège · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ZUIDNATIE HOLDING · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2001
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2007
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Lasne · since 1989
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Other retail sale of food · since 1974
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2000
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Translation services · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of VAES LIEVEN · Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Retie · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ORIENT-GK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MARIDEMIR · Full-service restaurants · Herent · since 2022
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Mons · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MARJO · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Drishti · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gent · since 2005
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of OZI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BATU · Contract catering and other food service activities · Diepenbeek · since 2008
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020