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.
“PHILONA”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2025
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Hastière · since 2009
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Beernem · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
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Dental practice · Ukkel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Schilde · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Schilde · since 1968
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Computer programming · Walcourt · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Wuustwezel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1932
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2011
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hemiksem · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Affligem · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Dison · since 2022
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Psychology services · Waterloo · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Merksplas · since 2011
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Beernem · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · Beloeil · since 2013
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Blankenberge · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Boutersem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ITALBA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2019