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.
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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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ieper · since 2024
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Portail de Références pour l’Enfant à besoins Spécifiques · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Yvoir · since 2022
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Other technical testing and analysis · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Creus Concrete Solutions · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Poperinge · since 2010
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Web portal activities · Frameries · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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HANNOVER · since 1998
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0 · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PARADISO REAL ESTATE · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Pacific Real Estate · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1999
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Abbreviation of PATRIMONIA REAL ESTATE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Market research and public opinion polling · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Manhay · since 1998
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RATIONAL ENERGY USE AND SOLUTIONS · Market research and public opinion polling · Geel · since 1997
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Retail sale of household furniture · Maldegem · since 2018