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.
“PECHE MIGNON”
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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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oostende · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Theux · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Site preparation · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of RENTDELUX · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 1999
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Dental practice · Ukkel · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of COFRALI · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1986
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Rixensart · since 1985
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Etterbeek · since 1995
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Partnership for Environmental and Cultural Heritage - Fondation pour la Protection de l'Environnement et du Patrimoine Culturel · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996