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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of NEAM · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1994
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Waasmunster · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1972
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Arendonk · since 1978
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of LIDO · Full-service restaurants · Berlare · since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Diksmuide · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie Paviljoen Paviljoenlaan 6 te Wilrijk · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Psychology services · Wijnegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Deelvereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Tuinpaviljoen Turnhoutsebaan 400-402 te Wijnegem · Wijnegem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of THOANT · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Tervuren · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants · Gistel · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Retail sale of household furniture · Stekene · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1968