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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of outerwear · Lasne · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Rivoli Brussels · Visual arts creation · Ukkel · since 2020
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Net Brussel, Gewestelijk Agentschap voor Netheid · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Roeselare · since 1986
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Trade name of Essential Belgium · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Turnhout · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of SABER · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Deelpunt · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wetteren · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Wingene · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2026
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Elsene · since 1982
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Seraing · since 1979
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Dinant · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of A.Imperium · Cafés and bars · since 2017
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of RIEMST VOORUIT · Operation of sports facilities · Riemst · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beringen · since 2025
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Zonhoven · since 1997
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020