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.
“PAS TOUT”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Bierbeek · since 1998
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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Merchtem · since 2021
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Zele · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Sports and recreation education · Gistel · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2024
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Abbreviation of VZW Pastory · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aalst · since 2008
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Handel in elektriciteit · Bocholt · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Grobbendonk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Grobbendonk · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Retie · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Retie · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Malle · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Malle · since 1968
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Schilde · since 1980
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Ukkel · since 1981
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Herentals · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of RISTORANTE - PIZZERIA IL CANNICCIO · Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ANTWERPSE PASTA MAATSCHAPPIJ · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Kapellen · since 1998
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Temse · since 1998
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Brussel · since 1998
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1998
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2022
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Abbreviation of STOUT MARKETING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2005
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Kruisem · since 2005
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2025