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.
“Parthenon”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Destelbergen · since 1962
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2025
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since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2000
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1987
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ternat · since 2024
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2012
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Other retail sale of food · since 1991
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Aalst · since 2012
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Dental practice · Wichelen · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2008
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2020
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Kortrijk · since 1994