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.
“STILETTO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of BARIL · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Aalst · since 1990
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of SMEETS & DE PAUW · Public relations and communication consultancy · Ranst · since 1992
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Retail sale of footwear · Oudenaarde · since 2007
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Vorst · since 2022
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Deinze · since 1984
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Jalhay · since 2023
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Floor and wall tiling · Ichtegem · since 2025
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Bochum · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Les Mutuellistes de la Région Liégeoise · Liège · since 1902
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1998
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Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · since 2017
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Châtelet · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1994