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.
“Project Distribution”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Brussel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Houyet · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1964
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Tournai · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2005
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Rendeux · since 2018
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Ans · since 1993
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Blégny · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lierneux · since 2003
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Advanced Technology Distribution · General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 1988
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Rochefort · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Mouscron · since 1996
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Fischbach · since 2014
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2017
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CHERENG · since 2010
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Retail sale of games and toys · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2007
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Ukkel · since 1990
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Gembloux · since 1991
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1969
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Tintigny · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Paliseul · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Chimay · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Insulation installation · Pepinster · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Essen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Parma BeNeLux · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Elsene · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sivry-Rance · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2000
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Anderlues · since 2013
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Lier · since 2014
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2017
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since 1996
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Fleurus · since 2021
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1997
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Wholesale of timber · since 1996
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Quaregnon · since 2006
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2021
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Elsene · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 2019