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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1946
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Wholesale of machine tools · Hamont-Achel · since 1981
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since 1984
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Name of an establishment of ROYAL KOKSIJDE · Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of FLOPI · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Valans · Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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General cleaning of buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ ROYAL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Finishing of textiles · since 2007
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalst · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2026
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Other cleaning activities · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Pelt · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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Abbreviation of KANTOOR ROYAL · Brugge · since 1991
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kortrijk · since 1998
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Other building finishing work · since 2016
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Kortrijk · since 2003
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Kortrijk · since 1991
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of KRAL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kuurne · since 2002
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Brussel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1969
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 1985
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Zedelgem · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Hermes · Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genappe · since 1999
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Hasselt · since 2014
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Pet boarding · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ASIR · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BELCOFORT · Manufacture of other wood products · Turnhout · since 2010
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BANKETBAKKERIJ JORIS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aartselaar · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2022