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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Site preparation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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Research and development on biotechnology · Karlsruhe · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1979
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Vermogensbeheer · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2014
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2009
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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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Web portal activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · 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
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Name of an establishment of COMENSIA · Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Koekelberg · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Panorama Club · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Computer programming · Oudsbergen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Translation services · Overijse · since 2018
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Translation services · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Other education · since 2019
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Eghezée · since 1938
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Manufacture of outerwear · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1948
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Name of an establishment of DANY - MOD · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Manage · since 1987
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Poperinge · since 1990
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Maastricht · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of KINEPOLIS LIEGE · Vertoning van films · Hasselt · since 1996
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Vertoning van films · Aalst · since 1999
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Boom · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MILART · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Diest · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of KSN Group · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · Zonhoven · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · since 1998
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Cafés and bars · since 2020