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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Herentals · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Waregem · since 1977
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Paliseul · since 1991
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Abbreviation of PLATE-FORME DE CONCERTATION EN SOINS PALLIATIFS DU BRABANT WALLON · Nutrition and dietetics services · Wavre · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Pallion-Palliatieve Zorg Limburg · Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 1996
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Tournai · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Pallium vzw Vrijwilligers in palliatieve thuiszorg · Leuven · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Meise · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Pijpleiding Antwerpen - Limburg - Luik - Pipe-Line Anvers-Limbourg-Liège · Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Genk · since 1977
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Wemmel · since 1998
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Lievegem · since 2003
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Silly · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Arlon · since 2006