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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Retie · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Retie · since 1968
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Schilde · since 1980
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Grobbendonk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Grobbendonk · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Malle · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Malle · since 1968
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Merchtem · since 2021
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Zele · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diksmuide · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Beerse · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Kerckstede · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Staden · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of De Wroeter Maatwerkbedrijf · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hasselt · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of WILDTRAILS · Other sports activities · Kortrijk · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of KAPERO · Event catering · Kapellen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of VIRO · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Brugge · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of DE PASTORIE BURST · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2019
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2022
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Lintermans-Claes · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Landen · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Tielt-Winge · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Tielt-Winge · since 1977
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HORINVEST · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of KIRUBIE · Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2016
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of EXTERIOR · Event catering · Tielt · since 2003
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Ontmoetingshuis De oude pastorie · Oostkamp · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VZW Pastory · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of JORISHOEVE · Full-service restaurants · Gingelom · since 2022
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Schilde · since 2011
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Zorgbedrijf Meetjesland · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Evergem · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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since 1987
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since 1986
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since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Bierbeek · since 1998
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aalst · since 2008
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2019
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Handel in elektriciteit · Bocholt · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2006
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since 1967