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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Maasmechelen · Federale overheid · Maasmechelen · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of SLG Operaties Vlaanderen · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Kontich · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Provincie Antwerpen · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2007
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Dilbeek · since 1992
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since 1991
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van kurk, riet of vlechtwerk · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of DE STAPPE · Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Hove · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kapellen · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2013
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Aalst · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels
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Name of an establishment of YIDA · Full-service restaurants · Oostrozebeke · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Vlaanderen · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Retie · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2004
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Ukkel · since 2006
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Coating of metals · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Stekene · since 2010
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Diest · since 2026
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Blankenberge · since 2000
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2016
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Sound recording · since 2022
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Day nurseries and crèches · Linter · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2015
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since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of De nieuwe Ceder · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Deinze · since 2015
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2024
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since 2008
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Brasschaat · since 2012