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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Veterinary services · Westerlo · since 2020
-
Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2020
-
Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Liège · since 1982
-
Advertising agencies · Temse · since 2025
-
Painting of buildings · Zoutleeuw · since 1983
-
Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
-
Support activities for crop production · Hoogstraten · since 1994
-
Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Rijkevorsel · since 1994
-
Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 2015
-
Pig breeding farms · Kortenaken · since 2010
-
Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2011
-
Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2003
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Keerbergen · since 1999
-
since 1985
-
Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 1998
-
Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ieper · since 2022
-
Other education · since 2025
-
Landscape service activities · Fleurus · since 2008
-
Event catering · since 2020
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2022
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
-
Site preparation · since 2017
-
since 1992
-
since 1995
-
General construction of residential buildings · Kruisem · since 2004
-
Name of an establishment of ADMEDI · Office administrative and support services · Jabbeke · since 2004
-
Roofing work · since 2008
-
Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
-
Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
-
Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
-
Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Viroinval · since 2024