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.
“SARS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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's-Hertogenbosch · since 1982
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ASSAINISSEMENT ET DE RENOVATION DES SITES INDUSTRIELS DU BRABANT WALLON · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Willebroek · 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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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Gingelom · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Hannut · since 2010
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Other postal and courier activities · Bocholt · since 2024
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société anonyme de Réalisations Immobilières · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ans · since 1959
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rumst · since 1995
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Gent · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 1999
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Trade name of WECXSTEEN ET PAQUES HOLDING GROUPE · MERICOURT · since 2014
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Willebroek · since 2014
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Other education · Aalter · since 2016
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Other tax advisory services · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Mikor · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ronse · since 2020
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Dental practice · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Ternat · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Herenthout · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Roeselare · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Steenokkerzeel · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bocholt · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Abbreviation of STRATEGISCHE ADVIESRAAD RUIMTELIJKE ORDENING - ONROEREND ERFGOED · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Brussel · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Villers-la-Ville · since 2024
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Translation services · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of other food products · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Lievegem · since 2025
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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
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Abbreviation of Les Relais Européens · Liège · since 1966
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2019