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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PATRIMOINE ARTISTIQUE,PEDAGOGIQUE,EDUCATIF · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
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Abbreviation of PARRAINAGE PERSONNALISE · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 1989
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Other printing · Aarschot · since 2021
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Other business support services · Herent · since 2023
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
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since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Bierbeek · since 2006
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Theux · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Passionate about Packaging · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalst · since 2020
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Abbreviation of PRETE ET LECOCQ · Hairdressing and barber services · Charleroi · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gerpinnes · since 1986
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brugge · since 2005
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since 2023
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2023
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Other education · since 2025
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents d'Elèves de l'Ecole communale de Linkebeek, Section francophone · Linkebeek · since 1980
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION PARASCIENTIFIQUE EUROPEENE LIBRE · Elsene · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents de l'Ecole du Longchamp · Ukkel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · La Bruyère · since 2011
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Liège · since 1984
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Elsene · since 1995
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1950