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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Beringen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of KOENRAAD GORIS · Business and other management consultancy · Herselt · since 1997
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MPC MECHELEN · Sports and recreation education · Mechelen · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · Mechelen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Moorslede · since 2024
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Kortrijk · since 1968
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Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Jodoigne · since 1991
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Groothandel in schoeisel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Persono e numeri · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PERSONAL INSIGHT ASSOCIATES · Employment placement agencies · Ukkel · since 2014
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Finishing of textiles · since 2019
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 1990
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zoersel · since 1998
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Koekelberg · since 1999
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Mechelen · since 2024
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Hoogstraten · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2012
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2024
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Other sports activities · since 2014
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Other sports activities · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brecht · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2005
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Other sports activities · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2017
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since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other information service activities · since 2014
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ROB OPALFVENS · Employment placement agencies · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Deltomme Aurore · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2012
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Finishing of textiles · since 2025
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Ganshoren · since 1987
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1982
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1992
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Other retail sale of food · Brecht · since 2020
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since 1987