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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Joinery installation · Vorst · since 2019
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Charleroi · since 1969
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Willebroek · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of ROYAL GROUPE RESTO · Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2016
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Glaszetten · since 2019
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · Lommel · since 2022
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · CARDIGAN · since 1973
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Dessel · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2019
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since 2023
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · since 2023
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Middlesbrough Cleveland · since 1981
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Site preparation · since 1990
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 2011
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2026
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Gent · since 1968
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Dentergem · since 2024