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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2024
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Mobile food service activities · Maarkedal · since 2025
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Event catering · Bornem · since 2013
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2001
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2000
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Insurance agents and brokers · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Vorst · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Copafia · Brussel · since 1968
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kraainem · since 1978
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Tourist information services · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Al Ahleia Insurance Company · Kowait · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Institut médico-pédagogique Notre-Dame de la Sagesse · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Estaimpuis · since 1971
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Abbreviation of SINT - ANTONIUSGILDE KASTERLEE · Kasterlee · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Helsinki · since 2014
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Abbreviation of SakSak · Gent · since 2016
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2022
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2024
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Lausaunne 1002 · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Sangita · Full-service restaurants · Herent · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2012