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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
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Other information service activities · Roeselare · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Sport Education Loisirs International Association · Koekelberg · since 2015
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Etterbeek · since 1979
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Abbreviation of TELEIA CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Alken · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Pont-à-Celles · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Oudergem · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2011
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Leuven · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other software publishing · since 1996
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2006
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Madrid · since 1988
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Plumbing work · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Assenede · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Zele · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Kippenkwekerijen · Brunehaut · since 1968
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2016
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1990
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Joinery installation · since 1995
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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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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Ukkel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MERSIN · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of P.O. Management · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gent · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Gent · since 2021