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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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 1998
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Organisation pour la Valorisation Economique des Surplus de Beurre · Brussel · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Oost - Vlaamse Verzekeraarsklub · Gent · since 1978
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Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2013
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Abbreviation of overlegplatform voor energiedeskundigen · Other business support services · Gent · since 2010
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Computer programming · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Mol · since 2024
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Raising of horses and other equines · Ternat · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Waremme · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Tongeren · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1941
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Abbreviation of OPENBARE VERENIGING RONSE · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Ronse · since 2002
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Landscape service activities · since 1999
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Retail sale of bicycles · Koksijde · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beauvechain · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brugge · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · Kortemark · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ORIENTEERING VLAANDEREN · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Beringen · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of OLIVIER VRANKENNE · Retail sale of antiques · Elsene · since 2002
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Other education · since 2023
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Trade name of ORTHOVITALE · Other non-specialised retail sale · Lasne · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ortho Versyck · Dental practice · Brugge · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ONDERNEMEND VELDEGEM · Advertising agencies · Zedelgem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Ojos Verdes · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Atletiekklub Overijse · Overijse · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024