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.
“PICASSO”
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Jabbeke · since 1987
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Office administrative and support services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Sitasi · Full-service restaurants · Torhout · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of IMMO HANLEE · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2005
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Zaventem · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wijnegem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of LANDEK · Landscape service activities · Pepingen · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Damme · since 2021
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Sound recording · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Zonnebeke · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · Wommelgem · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halle · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of STYLISTE PICASS · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Gent · since 1987
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Kontich · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2017
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of IN HET HOEKJE · Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1986
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Niel · since 1985
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1982
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Namur · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · Brugge · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Painting of buildings · Retie · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Retie · since 1997
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Office administrative and support services · since 2003
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Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 1996
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Affligem · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Bierbeek · since 2001
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Retail sale of footwear · Nijlen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PASTRY SOLUTIONS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brecht · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2011