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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ranst · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Zonhoven · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Ranst · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1986
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Tortola · since 1993
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Mixed farming · Wuustwezel · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2014
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Pétanque Auderghem - Sainte-Anne · Oudergem · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 1997
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Freight transport by road · Wommelgem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of PEDRO ACADEMY SPORTS AGENCY · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Torhout · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Activiteiten van vakbonden · Schaarbeek · since 1938
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kruisem · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2020
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Event catering · Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1998
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2012
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Lasne · since 2003
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since 2020