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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Namur · since 1999
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1966
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Wholesale of other food products · Ichtegem · since 2001
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Leuven · since 1968
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AGRICOLE BELGE · Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Lontzen · since 1960
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
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Wholesale of other household goods · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Anderlecht · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2014
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Inland freight water transport · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Evere · since 2023
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Cultural education · Rixensart · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Soignants d'origine camérounaise de Belgique · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of EXPLOITATIE MAATSCHAPPIJ FORABEL · Raising of other animals · since 1985
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Awans · since 2024
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VIC MNG · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2014
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Kuurne · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Kampenhout · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DU PLASTIQUE BELGE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Grimbergen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société Pharmaceutique belge · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Sprimont · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Sofiabel SRL · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2005
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE AFRIQUE-BELGIQUE · Anderlecht · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Willebroek · since 2025
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Verviers · since 2026
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Zaandam · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société de Recherches et d'Applications Médicales S.A. · Geneve · since 1974
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Studie en Ontwerpburo voor Reserveringen en Administratieve Systemen · Office administrative and support services · Mechelen · since 1991
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Rumst · since 1999
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Ronse · since 2018
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Kapellen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Study Office Regulation Automation and Computing · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991