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.
“REFUGE”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of L'Alternative · Youth work associations · Fleurus · since 1998
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Grimbergen · since 2017
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Wavre · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Heuvelland · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of UNION CALL · Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2000
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Abbreviation of REFUGE SAINT-JOB · Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Other membership organisations · Houffalize · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Le Château des Salanganes · Instellingen met huisvesting voor personen met psychiatrische problemen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of LES SCOUTS - FEDERATION DES SCOUTS BADEN - POWELL DE BELGIQUE · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Elsene · since 1932
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Name of an establishment of Saint - Joseph - Geer · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Geer · since 1970
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Gent · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 1993
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gedinne · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Herk-de-Stad · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van voeders voor huisdieren · Herstal · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of HET ZUIDERLICHT · Cafés and bars · Lier · since 2002
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Other membership organisations · Léglise · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Libin · since 2010
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Name of BRUSSEL OPVANGHUIS · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Elsene · since 2018
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Mouscron · since 2020
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Other membership organisations · Couvin · since 2000
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Maarkedal · since 2021
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2022
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2015
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Day nurseries and crèches · Koekelberg · since 2015
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Tournai · since 2018
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Zeevisserij · since 1978
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of L'ECURIE D'EN BAS · Full-service restaurants · Libin · since 2019
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Retail sale of antiques · Elsene · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Maaseik · since 2019
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Bertrix · since 2025