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.
“SIDAT”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société internationale de Distribution d'Ameublement · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waterloo · since 1972
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Activities of building architects · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Brakel · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tienen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Ingelmunster · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Diest · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Menen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Sinat Consult · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waremme · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Société Industrielle agricole du Hainaut · Ath · since 1961
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Abbreviation of Société d'Importation et de Distribution pour l'Alimentation et la Pharmacie · La Louvière · since 1952
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Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2012
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trofarello · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Soins Informatiques divers · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SPORTINSTELLINGEN DESSEL · Operation of sports facilities · Dessel · since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Leuven · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of IJskelder · Graphic design and visual communication · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Gent · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of O'YES · Youth work associations · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Liège · since 2009
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Abbreviation of international development and trading company · Office administrative and support services · Ukkel · since 1990
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Name of International Development Activities and Trading · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1958