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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 2008
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Kippenkwekerijen · Brunehaut · since 1968
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 2001
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Select dagbladhandel · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MERSIN · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Paris · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Villers-la-Ville · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Liège · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Turnhout · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Berlaar · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · since 1996
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Mons · since 1968
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Retail sale of bicycles · Roeselare · since 1983
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Boom · since 1996
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Computer programming · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2015
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Bornem · since 2019
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Oostende · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SELECT HUMAN RESOURCES · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Tielt-Winge · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Selectin Bouw & Technics · Other construction installation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Trade name of LOUIAN · Employment placement agencies · Genk · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Samba Element · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2022
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Activities of interior architects · Tubize · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of SELITVER · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2007