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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1986
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Abbreviation of PARTICIPATIEMAATSCHAPPIJ METAALBEDRIJVEN · Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of RISTORANTE PIZZERIA DEL MONUMENTE, DA ALBERTO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aiseau-Presles · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1987
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Pittem · since 2023
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Wetteren · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2012
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Rixensart · since 1987
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Dental practice · Brugge · since 2016
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2009
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalst · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Paix et Réconciliation · Oudergem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of POOL ANESTHESIOLOGIE - REANIMATION · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2001
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Pelsmantelfabriek Parmentier · Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Tielt · since 1963
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Essen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTIER · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Kortenberg · since 1989
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Development of non-residential building projects · Menen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Gerard Parmentier en Partners Kortrijk · Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of PARMENTIER B&J · Site preparation · Izegem · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Lede · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Schaarbeek · since 1984