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.
“OYOU”
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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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Marchin · since 1983
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information technology and computer services · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Jalhay · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BANCO · Market research and public opinion polling · Oudergem · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Tielt · since 2014
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2015
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Web portal activities · Bocholt · since 2025