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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oostende · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1995
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since 1999
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Vilvoorde · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2016
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vorst · since 2024
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Seraing · since 2026
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since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Ganshoren · since 2023
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · since 2011
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2009
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since 2009
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Activities of religious organisations · Verviers · since 1993
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mortsel · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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since 2024
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Site preparation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AL RAHMAN & SONS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Other education · since 2018
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since 2007
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2024