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.
“Orientation”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 2005
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Neufchâteau · since 1993
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2020
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Other education · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Louvain Orienteering Sport Team · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Vocational training · Namur · since 2005
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ZUIDNATIE HOLDING · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Brussel · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1979
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Leuven · since 2024
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Sound recording · Kontich · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 1987
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Liège · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of VAES LIEVEN · Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Retie · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ORIENT-GK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MARIDEMIR · Full-service restaurants · Herent · since 2022
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Mons · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MARJO · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Drishti · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gent · since 2005
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of OZI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BATU · Contract catering and other food service activities · Diepenbeek · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1983
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Other education · Deinze · since 2017
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of O.DAMAS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Hulpe · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Etterbeek · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2001
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Other information service activities · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Activities of other sports clubs · Gent · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2009
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2010
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Computer programming · Kapellen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1994
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020