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.
“Paradiff”
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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Brussel · since 1978
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1954
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1990
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1989
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News agency activities · Gent · since 2016
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Leuven · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Bocholt · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Elsene · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 1970
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Pecq · since 1981
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Brussel · since 1982
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Elsene · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of NINA · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of HOT TOWN MUSIC · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ninove · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Akkoord · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zottegem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ORVI HORECA · Full-service restaurants · Colfontaine · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of SERENA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2003
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Seraing · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Computer programming · Liège · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2023
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Elsene · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Bredene · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of LBRR CONCEPT · Hairdressing and barber services · Zaventem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TERBEKEN · Other non-specialised retail sale · Aalst · since 1983
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 1994
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Plastering work · Evergem · since 2011
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Computer programming · Enghien · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Tournai · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Voeren · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beauvechain · since 2026
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Temse · since 1997
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Leuven · since 1985