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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Combined facilities support activities · Mouscron · since 1994
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Operation of sports facilities · De Panne · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Waterloo · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Wavre · since 1983
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Other information service activities · Oostende · since 1997
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Other business support services · Braine-le-Comte · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Pôle Académique de Namur ASBL · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Namur · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Torhout · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Hasselt · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2024
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Manufacture of beer · since 2026
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Pontirolo · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1985
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Staden · since 2023
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Hemiksem · since 2025
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other business support services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Psychologenkring Antwerpen Noord · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Gent · since 1992