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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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La Bruyère · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SAJEA Tax, Audit & Accountancy · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2007
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Abbreviation of KOUEBO NGANTEU Lanvin · General medical practice · Flémalle · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lint · since 2000
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Anderlecht · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2015
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Tielt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of WADAJIR - SAMEN · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Brussel · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beringen · since 2007
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General medical practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SamEn voor elkaar · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other retail sale of new goods · Plombières · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalst · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mettet · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Solidariteit actie en Justitie · Lebbeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AUTOMOBILE DE JODOIGNE · Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Orp-Jauche · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Gent · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026