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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maaseik · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Waregem · since 2016
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Event catering · Halen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Willebroek · since 2012
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Event catering · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2019
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2007
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Brussel · since 1981
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Event catering · since 2016
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Event catering · Onhaye · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2019
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Event catering · Bree · since 2008
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Event catering · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Geraardsbergen · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Geraardsbergen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of JM Retail · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schoten · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Ukkel · since 1999
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Event catering · Rumst · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Event catering · Liedekerke · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Event catering · Boutersem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of PAULAN · Event catering · Zwalm · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of VITAS · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Peer · since 1990
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Event catering · Brecht · since 1986
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Event catering · since 2023
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Trade name of JAKFIL · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2014
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Painting of buildings · since 1997
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2025
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Event catering · Erpe-Mere · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DE MESS · Event catering · Damme · since 2007
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Event catering · Herentals · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Event catering · Gistel · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Koksijde · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brunehaut · since 2022
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Event catering · Lochristi · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 2008
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Event catering · since 2020
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2019