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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Leuven · since 2021
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mortsel · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Turnhout · since 2020
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Valkenswaard · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Schoten · since 2009
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since 2017
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Translation services · since 2020
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Schilde · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents de l'Athénée Robert Catteau section Aurore · Brussel · since 1993
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Cultural education · Wavre · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Manufacture of beer · Spa · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudenburg · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2018
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Noisy le Grand Cedex · since 1999
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Other membership organisations · Aalter · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Zaventem · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Jabbeke · since 2009
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waterloo · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Parser Law · Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2026
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Paix et Réconciliation · Oudergem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of POOL ANESTHESIOLOGIE - REANIMATION · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2001
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2020
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Jette · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bekkevoort · since 2011
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2003
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Elsene · since 1970
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Spiere-Helkijn · since 1994