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.
“PICCASO”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1988
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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Jabbeke · since 1987
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Office administrative and support services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 1997
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Hechtel-Eksel · 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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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2005
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Niel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of PRIVATE AND INDUSTRIAL CLEANING COMPANY · Other building finishing work · Braine-le-Château · since 1988
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Abbreviation of PAKISTAANS ISLAMITISCH CULTUREEL CENTRUM GENT · Gent · since 2000
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1982
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006