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.
“Residance”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Mortsel · since 2018
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Malmedy · since 1998
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Tournai · since 2009
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Medeëigenaars van de @Residentie Annick@, te Bilzen(Munsterbilzen), Waterstraat 14. · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Dalhem · since 2000
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van de @Residentie Euresidence@ te Lanaken. · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Lanaken · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RESONANCE RESEAU FORMATION JEUNESSE · Youth work associations · Elsene · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of iDance Belgium · Cultural education · Oud-Turnhout · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mons · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Medeëigenaars gebouw @Residentie Agora@ te Beveren(Melsele), Hoek Torenstraat en de Grote Baan. · Beveren · since 1996
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Wavre · since 2002
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Hotels and similar accommodation
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2015
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Strassen · since 2017
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2020
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Brussel · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · since 2020
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Edegem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2026
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Geraardsbergen · since 1997