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.
“Second Home”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of KOSAR · Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 2019
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Leuven · since 2010
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Lokeren · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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ENSCHEDE · since 2018
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Second Group · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenaken · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Oupeye · since 2026
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Insulation installation · since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1977
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 2020
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Opwijk · since 2022
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Roofing work · Rotselaar · since 1996
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2020
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Flémalle · since 2018