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.
“SHOPPY”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Courcelles · since 1999
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Freight transport by road · Ganshoren · since 2024
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Nieuwpoort · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Manufacture of beer · Oudenaarde · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 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 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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Other information service activities · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Mayerline · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1957
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Name of an establishment of WERELDHAVE BELGIUM SERVICES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vilvoorde · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of P2K · Other non-specialised retail sale · Aalter · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Merckx-Voeding · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 1968
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Beveren · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of SPAS 24 · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mettet · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BYT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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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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Wavre · since 1980
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Brussel · since 1990