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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2025
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since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Fernelmont · since 2020
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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since 2019
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Name of an establishment of SKUNS ASSOCIATED · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Genappe · since 1988
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since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Ukkel · since 2020
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other educational support services · Mons · since 2016
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nijlen · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Koksijde · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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since 1978
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2026
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Other legal services · Ath · since 2010
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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 · Activities of religious organisations · Ganshoren · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Aalter · since 1974
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Antwerpen · since 1992
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since 2001