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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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Namur · since 1988
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Mixed farming · since 2013
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Keerbergen · since 2026
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since 2008
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since 1993
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2016
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Logging · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Durbuy · since 2009
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since 1984
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Landscape service activities · since 1990
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Physiotherapy · since 2012
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2001
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Logging · since 2010
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2010
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Tourist information services · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Houyet · since 2009
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2000
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Brussel · since 2003
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Schaarbeek · since 2006