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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Anderlecht · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lendelede · since 1986
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1987
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SWING, association d'avocats · Activities of lawyers · Oudergem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Orgnisation d'Aide Spadoise à Intérêt Social · Spa · since 1924
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1962
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Middelkerke · since 1972
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Oostende · since 1978
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Evere · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herentals · since 2002
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Office administrative and support services · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Jette · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CENTRE CULTUREL ET RECREATIF DE LA DEFENSE · Evere · since 2005
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Other business support services · Waterloo · since 2025
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since 1985
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Abbreviation of SWING VANDERHEYDEN · Advertising agencies · Enghien · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zoersel · since 2000
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Elsene · since 1979
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Oostkamp · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MESBAHI SANA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Toraxx · Logistics services · Gent · since 2005
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Other construction installation · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2020