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.
“ROYALTY”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Brussel · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brussel · since 2009
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's-Gravenhage · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2026
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Kortrijk · since 1991
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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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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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Verviers · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1963
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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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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Hermes · Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of KRUA THAI · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 2012
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Insulation installation · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Namur · since 1981
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Jurbise · since 1989
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hasselt · since 2005
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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
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Name of an establishment of BANKETBAKKERIJ JORIS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aartselaar · since 1989
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since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2022
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since 2019