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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PUBLICITEITS- EN AUDIOREGIE VLAANDEREN · Advertising agencies · Bornem · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Palestijnse Alghalban Vereniging · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Leuven · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Groepering van Private Afvalbewerkers van de Provincie Antwerpen · Malle · since 1981
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Bike Project · Retail sale of bicycles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Site preparation · since 2025