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.
“RIKS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Lummen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Destelbergen · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Halle · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Residential Invest Kapellen · Mons · since 2022
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Groothandel in aardappelproducten · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ACTION ONE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Koksijde · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · since 2007
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Leuven · since 2025
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ERIKS Belgium · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1956
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Abbreviation of BRIKS Alumni · Bierbeek · since 2015
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Support activities for animal production · Erpe-Mere · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · Temse · since 2013
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Event catering · Mol · since 2004
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Roeselare · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Overijse · since 2013
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2008