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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Jette · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ROYALE ENTENTE SPORTIVE COMMUNALE HOUFFALOISE · Football clubs · Houffalize · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Royal excelsior sporting club horrues · Operation of sports facilities · Soignies · since 2000
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Investigation and private security services · Oostende · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Heers · since 2025
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Royale Etoile sportive Aubange · Football clubs · Aubange · since 1979
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1985
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Holsbeek · since 1996
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Elsene · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2022
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Liège · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Régie Européenne de Science, d'Art et de Sport · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Truiden · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · since 2014