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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Sint-Niklaas · since 1982
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of MOBI · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Koksijde · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Provinciale Antwerpse Cinema Cooperatief · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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since 2021
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Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
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Aalter · since 1974
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2019
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Elsene · since 1980
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nijlen · since 2015
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since 1983
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · since 1976
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Activities of holding companies · Zoersel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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since 1979
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Ju Yuan · Full-service restaurants · Courcelles · since 2021
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Other information service activities · since 2026
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since 1978
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Financiére, Immobiliére et Commerciale · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Financiële lease · Duffel · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VAN EYGEN ROBERT · Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 1999
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of CITY TRANS LOGISTICS · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Gent · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2025
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Other legal services · Ath · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Boom · since 1983
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Aalst · since 1991
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Aalter · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Laakdal · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Project Automation Consulting Ogloza · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Donceel · since 2018
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Tournai · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of PARTICIPATION CITOYENNE · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Ganshoren · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Erpe-Mere · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 2005
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Damme · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of AXEL · Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Antwerpen · since 1992
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since 2001
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Anderlecht · since 1983
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1999