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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2008
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Other education · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Diest · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1989
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Tournai · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2026
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since 2016
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since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Gent · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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since 2006
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société générale d'Entreprises hydro-électriques · Tresses · since 1978
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Abbreviation of SERAING ATHLETISME · Andere drinkgelegenheden · Seraing · since 1985
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE D'EXPLOITATION RADIOPHONIQUE · Liège · since 1988
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Luxemburg · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Studio Evo Records · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Saint-Nicolas · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Hannut · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SANI-ELEC RENOVE · Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017