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.
“STARTING”
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 · Anderlecht · since 1987
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Sports and recreation education · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Evere · since 2003
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Other education · since 2021
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Pet training · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Genappe · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2004
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Lanaken · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Other sports activities · Brussel · since 2025
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SAFETY TOOLS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY · Wholesale of machine tools · Aartselaar · since 1982
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Lasne · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE THEATRES POUR L'ACHAT ET LA RESERVATION DE TICKETS - SAMENWERKENDE THEATERS VOOR AANKOOP EN DE RESERVATIE VAN TICKETS · Brussel · since 1987
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Artos · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Etterbeek · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Other sports activities · Turnhout · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of STING/FRANS BLEUZÉ · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Harelbeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art" · Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · Leuven · since 2009
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2011
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Other information service activities · Wevelgem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PROJECTSERV · Business and other management consultancy · Lierde · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 2008
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Namur · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other business support services · Perwez · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Anderlecht · since 2017
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Other personal services · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Ittre · since 1999
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Stavelot · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Sound recording · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 1976
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Grimbergen · since 1980
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Name of an establishment · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Châtelet · since 1989
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Geel · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1991
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Berkel en Rodenrijs · since 1996
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Abbreviation of STARTER EUROPA · Other tax advisory services · Wavre · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ath · since 2017
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Operation of sports facilities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Charleroi · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Roeselare · since 1991
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Aalst · since 1996
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014