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.
“RESTRO”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2006
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of LABOR ARBEIDSKANSEN · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · As · since 1987
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1988
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Harelbeke · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Gistel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Belgian SocieTy for Radiotherapy & Oncology · Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Zedelgem · since 2026
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Anderlecht · since 2026
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since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Schilde · since 1991
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Ninove · since 1996
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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LEEDS · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Mortsel · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Namur · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ROYALE ENTENTE SPORTIVE TEMPLIERS-NANDRIN · Football clubs · Nandrin · since 1997
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Abbreviation of RADIOLOGY EXPERT SOCIETY OF TOMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of RESEARCH EN COMMUNICATIE GASTRO -ENTEROLOGIE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2009
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2009
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Gent · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schelle · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1986
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Charleroi · since 1990
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Abbreviation of RESOLUTION TECHNOLOGY · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Pelt · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of THAI CAFE STOCKEL · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of LAVIGNA · Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hoegaarden · since 2004
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Computer programming · Tielt · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 2025
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Dental practice · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1982
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Brussel · since 1964
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Charleroi · since 1990