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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Dental practice · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Other business support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Travel agency activities · since 2010
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Bonheiden · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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since 2009
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2006
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1996
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Brussel · since 2024
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Dental practice · Verlaine · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Society of Audiovisual Authors · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Elsene · since 1993
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Solidarité Aide Amitié · Event catering · Namur · since 2015
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Turin · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Siraj Al Amal · Charleroi · since 2026
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Waregem · since 2002
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Manage · since 2015
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Brussel · since 1995