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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Other membership organisations · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1965
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Name of an establishment of INTESA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Rumst · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · Harelbeke · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Bredene · since 1996
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Bree · since 1997
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Proefboren en boren · Dessel · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Kinderkuren · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Leuven · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
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Abbreviation of DRANKEN DE BRON · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Landen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Multiculturele vereniging De Bron · Brussel · since 2016
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Gavere · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Zorgpunt Waasland · Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Borgloon · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wellen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerking De Bron Leuven · Holsbeek · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Ronse · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of KEN GYSENBERGS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2010
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Abbreviation of JEBRON-OPEN HUIS VOOR VORMING EN PASTORAAT · Aalst · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · Evere · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2002
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Kortrijk · since 1995
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Merchtem · since 2013
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Genk · since 2010
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Huldenberg · since 2017
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2022