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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2006
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Plumbing work · Berlare · since 2010
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lommel · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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since 2003
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2019
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2014
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since 2000
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since 2012
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Painting of buildings · since 1985
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2022
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Flobecq · since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2023
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Evergem · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2007