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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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since 1992
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since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Hemiksem · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1979
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Ukkel · since 1982
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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since 1989
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Manufacture of outerwear · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2013
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1994
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Psychology services · Denderleeuw · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Ioop · Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 2010
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Dental practice · since 2010
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Koksijde · since 2024
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Trade name of LES GLACES ATEO · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2024
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Leuven · since 2024
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Dental practice · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2018
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since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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since 2026
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2011
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Entreprises Générales de Peintures L. Landenne · Saint-Nicolas · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Mouscron · since 2022