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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rixensart · since 2000
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Mouscron · since 1985
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Olne · since 1988
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2013
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Liège · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2025
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2009
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Erezée · since 2009
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Verhuur en lease van textiel, kleding, sieraden en schoeisel · Wemmel · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of AMO La Rencontre · Other social work without accommodation · Mons · since 1982
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Brussel · since 1998
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Verviers · since 2004
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Florenville · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 1977
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Event catering · Asse · since 2023
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2005
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since 1951
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Esneux · since 1993
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Evere · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Tournai · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1986
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Ramillies · since 2006
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Brussel · since 1964