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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sofia · since 2015
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Overijse · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Comité ucclois d'Aide aux Réfugiés du Sud-Est asiatique · Ukkel · since 1982
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ECOLAGE AUTOMOBILE · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Oudergem · since 1983
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Eupen · since 1996
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Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Abbreviation of STUDENTS FOR ENERGY IN AFRICA · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2013
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Kraainem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of SMART-EXTRACT-ABASSI · Gembloux · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SHERPA ENTREPRENEURS ADVISOR · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SOPHALERIC · Buying and selling of own real estate · Namur · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Skatepark On The Road · Other education · Anhée · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Society for Environmental Awareness · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Cooperative Association to Support Theatre · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of comite d'accompagnement et de soutien a tshisekedi felix · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Studiecentrum voor de Expansie van Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1962
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Abbreviation of S.E. AUTOMATION · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CENT ARBRES SANS TOIT · Logging · Thuin · since 2003
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Abbreviation of A LA COURTE ECHELLE /S.E.A.C. · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 1980
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General construction of residential buildings · Wavre · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Societe d'Encouragement pour l'Amelioration du Chien de Course · Brussel · since 1944
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Abbreviation of STUDIECENTRUM VOOR EUROPESE EN AZIATISCHE CERAMIEK · Gent · since 1992