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.
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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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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tremelo · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zoutleeuw · since 2008
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Teelt van druiven · Beernem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BIO BEL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Duhor · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 1978
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beerse · since 2002
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Rebecq · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018