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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Paternoster en Co. · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Koksijde · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2018
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2015
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Roofing work · since 1975
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Liège · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamont-Achel · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Mortsel · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of T & G · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989