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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1981
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Liège · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Nieuwpoort · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SERVICE - ETUDE - COMMERCE · Market research and public opinion polling · Frameries · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SANITAIRE ET CHAUFFAGE · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Le Roeulx · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SERVICE EUROPEEN DE COMPTABILITE · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Software and Engineering in Construction · Activities of building architects · Deinze · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SYNDICAT D'ELEVAGE CANIN DE LIEGE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Surf Every Corner · Mortsel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EXPANSION COMMERCIALE · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Herentals · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Strategic Energy Consultancy · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2023
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Leuven · since 2010
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Asse · since 2010
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Liedekerke · since 2004
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Abbreviation of SALES ENGENEERING EN CONSULTING · Dilbeek · since 2005
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of NEVER CLOSED OOSTKAMP · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostkamp · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Book publishing · since 2007
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1988
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Grobbendonk · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Rijkevorsel · since 2024
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of MS BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020