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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Huy · since 2012
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Namur · since 1960
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Bocholt · since 2020
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Brussel · since 2013
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2007
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Charleroi · since 2020
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insulation installation · Wervik · since 1983
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ukkel · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 1926
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1995
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Perwez · since 1998
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of SAMARIA DRINKS · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Asse · since 2017
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Stekene · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2012
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019
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Liège · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2019
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Mouscron · since 2014
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Tervuren · since 2023
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Other specialised design activities · Leuven · since 2008
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Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1979
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Full-service restaurants · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2012