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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of BABA · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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General cleaning of buildings · Brugge · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Maison Jeroom · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eeklo · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Event catering · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PHARMA HEIST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zulte · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2025
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Event catering · Niel · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2020
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DONCASTER · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FinR Food · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Event catering · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2023