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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Funeral services · Nijlen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2026
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Waterloo · since 1989
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Book publishing · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 2007
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Turnhout · since 1991
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since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ingelmunster · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of O'RAMA · Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Hemiksem · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Putte · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Oupeye · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Donceel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ORA Machines · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Leuven · since 1980
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Abbreviation of OFF ROAD ACTION · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Herk-de-Stad · since 1999
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Alken · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SURVECO · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Jette · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ORA AVOCATS · Activities of lawyers · Sprimont · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Other postal and courier activities · Halen · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ORA-RKM · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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since 2012