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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2019
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1976
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Literary creation · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of API RESTAURATION · Contract catering and other food service activities · Mons · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vorst · since 2001
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Abbreviation of OPERATEUR DE RESEAUX D'ENERGIES · Distributie van elektriciteit · Charleroi · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Florennes · since 2026
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Risk and damage evaluation · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Londerzeel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Immo Auctions · Real estate agency activities · Lochristi · since 2013
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Distributie van elektriciteit · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Diest · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2021