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.
“Root Stories”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Diest · since 2016
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Schoten · since 2006
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Abbreviation of STORIES PARENTHÈSE GOURMANDE · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2023
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oud-Heverlee · since 2004
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Koksijde · since 2024
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Kortenberg · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Meise · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of TRUE NORTH VALUE · Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2023
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Genève · since 1979
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of STRATISGROUP · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mons · since 2002
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalter · since 2014
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Other education · since 2016
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2013
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Fitness centres · Brussel · since 2015
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Psychology services · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Udikkema · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of THE BOTANIST · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2019
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 2023
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Psychology services · Zwalm · since 2010
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Herentals · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Roots Comm V · Other retail sale of food · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026