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.
“Sporen”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Leuven · since 1964
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brasschaat · since 1979
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since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Assesse · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 1994
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Bouw van boven- en ondergrondse spoorwegen · Torhout · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SPOKEN - Kids' Computer, Language and Art Training Centre · Cultural education · Ukkel · since 2015
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Other social work without accommodation · Denderleeuw · since 2010
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 2010
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Construction of roads and motorways · Aalst · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Slakweide · Buying and selling of own real estate · Maasmechelen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Stad Ieper · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Ieper · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ERDE · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Elsene · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SPORTUNA RANST · Grobbendonk · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wervik · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION INTERCOMMUNALE POUR LE DEMERGEMENT ET L'EPURATION DES COMMUNES DE LA PROVINCE DE LIEGE · Afvalwaterafvoer · Saint-Nicolas · since 1928
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Other sports activities · Beersel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Verviers · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Verviers · since 1968
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Sports and recreation education · Diest · since 1971
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Westerlo · since 1947
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Noordwijkerhout · since 1981
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Other cleaning activities · Maasmechelen · since 2015
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Fitness centres · Mol · since 2007