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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Malle · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of IMMO - RENARDEAU · Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 1968
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Herent · since 1977
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maasmechelen · since 2001
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Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2021
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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since 2021
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since 1984
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since 2017
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since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Machining of metals · since 2004
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since 2020
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Tournai · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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since 2016
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2004
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since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 1983
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1986
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Tourist information services · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2019
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2021
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since 2021
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
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since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Forging of metal · since 2005