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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Sanga Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Xin Sheng · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 1996
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Sanglier Grincheux · Tenneville · since 2024
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since 2024
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since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zottegem · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Tielt-Winge · since 2014
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Gent · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2003
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2024