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.
“POTS”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van holglas · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insulation installation · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · since 2026
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Manufacture of outerwear · Büllingen · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2005
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Spots Unlimited · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Vilvoorde · since 1999
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Huy · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003