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.
“SYMPA”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 1976
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ittre · since 1976
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Hoeilaart · since 2021
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sombreffe · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Charleroi · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1995
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Etterbeek · since 1987
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since 1996
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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since 1976
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Abbreviation of Société des Industriels et Commerçants en Matiéres et Produits pour l'Alimentation · Brussel · since 1968
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2022
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Heusden-Zolder · since 2005
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Alkmaar · since 2014
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Clausthal-Zellerfeld · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Aubange · since 2020
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Aubange · since 2023