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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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Verviers · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pajottegem · since 1990
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lasne · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CAPPA · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of M. SARDAR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Oostende · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société d'Alimentation rapide · Paris 18e · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of SAR BENELUX · Insurance agents and brokers · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of SCHILS AUTO REPAIR · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sprimont · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Support And Research · Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Oostende · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AUTONOME DE RESTAURATION ET DE DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONALE ET NATIONALE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2003
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De Panne · since 2018
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hasselt · since 2021
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2020