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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of TIPS ET TRICKS · Other specialised construction activities · Charleroi · since 1994
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Pajottegem · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Frameries · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Sport Na Arbeid · Laakdal · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Snap ‘n Act · Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1996
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1999
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Inland freight water transport · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of NATURE AND AQUARIUM DESIGN ANTWERP · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of NA Design en Architects · Activities of interior architects · Vilvoorde · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Stavelot · since 2007
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Anderlecht · since 1959