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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2013
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Maarkedal · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Anhée · since 2025
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Vorst · since 1982
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lasne · since 2015
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Elsene · since 2017
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Izegem · since 2016
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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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Literary creation · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Diest · since 2014
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Waasmunster · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Jette · since 2015