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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
General electrical installation work · Evergem · since 2008
-
Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
-
Name of an establishment of YOBI · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2005
-
Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
-
Roofing work · Zonhoven · since 2019
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2017
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2020
-
Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
-
Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
-
Hotels and similar accommodation · Schilde · since 2017
-
Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 2025
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 1998
-
Tattoo and piercing services · since 2026
-
Plastering work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
-
since 1969
-
Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
-
Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
-
since 1994
-
Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2019
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Retail sale of games and toys · since 2026
-
Antwerpen · since 2000
-
Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
-
Name of an establishment of VIC-INVEST · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Aalst · since 2010
-
Sawmilling and planing of wood · Meerhout · since 1988
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zele · since 1991
-
Other personal services · Ieper · since 1994
-
Ninove · since 1999
-
Physiotherapy · since 2018
-
since 1978
-
Physiotherapy · since 2005
-
Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 1997