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.
“SNL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Thuisverpleging + Stella Pinxten · Nursing and midwifery · Lommel · since 2015
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of SINT-NIKLAAS LOGISTICS · Warehousing and storage · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2007
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Gembloux · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Brussel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Solidarités Nouvelles · Other membership organisations · Charleroi · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Sensations nouvelles · Huy · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lochristi · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of EGM-SERVICES MAINTENANCE · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of SOUNDTRACK NATION · Literary creation · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Sport Nature · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SINDIO FOUNDATION · Waterloo · since 2024