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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Evere · since 1999
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since 2013
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Abbreviation of SUDANESE-EUROPEAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ELEVAGE ET FABRICATION D'ALIMENTS POUR BETAIL · Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Ath · since 1980
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Valleroy · since 1991
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Lochem · since 2015
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Neuilly sur Seine · since 2021
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RUSCHKLIKON · since 2000
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LILLE · since 2002
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Schilde · since 1978
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Abbreviation of HOUSING SERVICES · General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 1996
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Abbreviation of SUD-EURO-FOREST · Logging · Saint-Hubert · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Sport en Folie · Jette · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Séfabi · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Summer Ends Festival · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Sarolay en fête ASBL · Visé · since 2025
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Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tubize · since 2009
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Société européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs - Europees Genootschap voor Ingenieursopleiding - European Society for Engineering Education · Other information service activities · Brussel · since 1973
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ENTREPRISES DE FUMISTERIE INDUSTRIELLE · Marseille · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EDITIONS FINANCIERES ET ECONOMIQUES · Media representation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Overijse · since 1994
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Beheer van kerkhoven en activiteiten van crematoria · since 2022
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Goederenvervoer per spoor · Dilbeek · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · Liège · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Employeurs des Secteurs de l'Education permanente et de la Formation des Adultes · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1990
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Leuven · since 1965
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Herstal · since 2006