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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Waterloo · since 2001
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1964
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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since 1972
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Vorst · since 2008
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since 1978
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Development of non-residential building projects · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Site preparation · Vilvoorde · since 1995
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Lokeren · since 1998
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Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · Schoten · since 2013
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Other business support services · Herselt · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of HET STEEN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Wingene · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Balen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of ANDRE et Compagnie · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 1978
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Plumbing work · Chaudfontaine · since 1988
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of ANDRE Frères · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Liège · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of AND · Demolition · Willebroek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BalenBosch · Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2023
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2010