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.
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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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schilde · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of LA TERRE EMOI · Advertising agencies · Waterloo · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mouscron · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Londerzeel · since 2000
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Retail sale of footwear · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Construction of roads and motorways · Vorst · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · Vorst · since 2020
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Ath · since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2025
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Boom · since 1990
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Dilbeek · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Willebroek · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Esneux · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Waregem · since 2016
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2022
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Wevelgem · since 2007
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Damme · since 2018
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Aalst · since 2018
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Zoersel · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 1969
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Overijse · since 1978
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Hasselt · since 1993
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Activities of head offices · Boutersem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BMD-EVENTS · Cafés and bars · Lendelede · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2022
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Computer programming · Ohey · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Lendelede · since 2024
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Zandhoven · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of SCRIPT · Web portal activities · Vosselaar · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Graphic design and visual communication · Hasselt · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of NAËL · Cafés and bars · since 2017