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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of AsterX Consult · Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · AMSTERDAM · since 2016
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CONDE SUR L'ESCAUT · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1981
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Brussel · since 1954
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE POUR LE COMMERCE D'IMMEUBLES ET D'AUTOS · Elsene · since 1952
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Industrielle · Kinshasa · since 1970
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Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bekkevoort · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Immobilière et Garage de Jambes · Assesse · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société pour la Rénovation urbaine · Schaarbeek · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Socius – Steunpunt Sociaal-Cultureel Werk · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1986
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Charleroi · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Sociale Zekerheid · Federale overheid · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Studie en Opleidingscentrum · Leuven · since 1979
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Abbreviation of SMART OFFICE CONCEPTS · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Industrielle du Kasai · Léopoldville BP2030 · since 1965
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Gesves · since 1987
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Orp-Jauche · since 1991
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Fribourg 1701 · since 1995
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Gent · since 1998
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'INGENERIE ET DE GESTION SOCIALE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Pecq · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société immobilière de Nivelles · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Frameries · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 2021
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brussel · since 2025