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.
“SINT JAMES”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1983
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Mons · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Chambre Syndicale des Importateurs et Negociants en The de Belgique · Anderlecht · since 1939
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Turnhout · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 1997
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Lendelede · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Kuurne · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Beschermcomite voor Scouts Sint Jan Wetteren · Wetteren · since 1968
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Elsene · since 1982
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · La Hulpe · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ANIMA WALLONIE · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Mechelen · since 1985
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Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of HODERICA · Hotels and similar accommodation · Torhout · since 1998
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE MAATSCHAPPIJ SINT-JAN · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Veterinary services · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Vocational training · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of SJ-INTERIO · Retail sale of household furniture · Maasmechelen · since 2004
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BIZNESS AVENIR · Cafés and bars · Erquelinnes · since 2003