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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2000
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Zeist · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Dilbeek · since 1999
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Deinze · since 2010
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Production of cinema films · Liège · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2017
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Waregem · since 2004
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1993
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Anderlecht · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1992
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Ukkel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 8 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) · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Lorraine · Activities of building architects · Buggenhout · since 1999
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Elsene · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Abbreviation of SOCIETES COOPERATIVES AGRICOLES REUNIES · Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Herve · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2024
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2013