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.
“PAPIER BRUSSELS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Literary creation · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of LM Belgium · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Steenokkerzeel · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Dilbeek · since 2008
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2022
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Abbreviation of FBOE · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2021
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Wuustwezel · since 1996
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Elsene · since 2004
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Brussel · since 1907
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Vorst · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
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General medical practice · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2026