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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of bicycles · Liège · since 2008
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Huldenberg · since 2021
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Other legal services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of PALA Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Pala & B · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Elsene · since 1986
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2015
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Other tax advisory services · Oostende · since 1998
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Retail sale of household furniture · Walcourt · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Meise · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Mons · since 2020
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Site preparation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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Web portal activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Somme-Leuze · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2004
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Wellen · since 2005