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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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Leuven · since 1997
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Computer programming · Herent · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SCALA INVESTMENTS · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Fidèle · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Agatha-Berchem · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1941
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Santé Cardiovasculaire Arthur Dumont · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Groothandel in veevoeders · Malmedy · since 2015
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Groothandel in veevoeders · Malmedy · since 2015
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Abbreviation of SCALA ICT INVEST · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rumst · since 2005
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Name of SCHOUPS · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Other business support services · Maasmechelen · since 2009
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Kalmthout · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Anthisnes · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · Hasselt · since 2019
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since 1976
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Abbreviation of ETABLISSEMENTS SCALCO · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Oupeye · since 1974
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Name of SCOPITON · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Kortenberg · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2014
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Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Brussel · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Saint-Ghislain · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Mechelen · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Châtelet · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
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Removal services · Tubize · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Schaarbeek · since 2012