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.
“SUE”
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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Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2019
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2019
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Paris · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Oostkamp · since 1989
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Zwevegem · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Assenede · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Abbreviation of STEWARDS UNITED · Investigation and private security services · Tremelo · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Stoemps ultimate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Strupkes United · Riemst · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Lamiel · Retail sale of footwear · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hemiksem · since 2006