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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Collège Matteo Ricci · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Etterbeek · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Geel · since 2014
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BAGNARA DI ROMAGNA RA · since 2023
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since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Saint-Ghislain · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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since 1971
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1981
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since 1971
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Floreffe · since 2021
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since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Maasmechelen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 2017
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SAN PRISCO CE · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Recreatief Internationaal Cultuurcentrum · Brussel · since 1972
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Abbreviation of REALISATIONS IMMOBILIERES COLPE · Namur · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Renting Investment Corporation · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1983
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortrijk · since 1986
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Abbreviation of GARAGE CHAMPENOIS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Yvoir · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ROYALE INVEST & CREDIT · Real estate agency activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of L'AVENIR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1998
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Abbreviation of RETAIL INVEST COMPANY · Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Froidchapelle · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Kinrooi · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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Abbreviation of REALIZE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY · Perwez · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Recreative International Centre · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Ukkel · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Binche · since 2024
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Tienen · since 1983
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT CULINAIRE ET CULTUREL INTERNATIONAL · Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2009
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Retail sale of footwear · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Charleroi · since 1999