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.
“SHOP.COM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beringen · since 2016
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met goederenvervoer · Ukkel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CE LUXURY CARS · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Meise · since 2023
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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 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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Name of an establishment of PROXIMUS · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Schaarbeek · since 1930
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Name of an establishment of SLAP EN CO · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Kapellen · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · Niel · since 1996
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Berkel-Enschot · since 2000
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2011
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Logistics services · Hasselt · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Spa · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MS BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ARTA COMPANY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Brasschaat · since 2023