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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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RATHGAR · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of N-L · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Incourt · since 2001
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Waasmunster · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE TRADUCTION YVES LETOT · Translation services · Mons · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of J.M.F. ROOSEN · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · since 1991
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1976
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Vorst · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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GIBRALTAR · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Geraardsbergen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Eeklo · since 2023