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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1982
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Binche · since 1990
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Support activities for animal production · Merksplas · since 2006
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since 2026
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Roeselare · since 1988
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Leuven · since 1991
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Insurance agents and brokers · Denderleeuw · since 1992
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Chimay · since 1993
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Thimister-Clermont · since 2013
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2019
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goes · since 2019
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Leuven · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Brussel · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Courcelles · since 2022
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Izegem · since 2023
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Gembloux · since 1987
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Vorst · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Begeleidingscentrum voor personen met autisme · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Mechelen · since 1979
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Support activities for crop production · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Harelbeke · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Ronse Atletiek Team · Ronse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Rock Academy (by Tagada) · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Charleroi · since 2021
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Abbreviation of régie alternative télécom · Brussel · since 2011
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · De Panne · since 1970
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Abbreviation of STRATEGIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Expeels · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Maldegem · since 1995
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Market research and public opinion polling · Oud-Turnhout · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2002
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Deerlijk · since 2020
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Abbreviation of LES ATELIERS DE RONALD- DE ATELIERS VAN RONALD · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2003
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VARNA · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2025
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since 2019