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.
“Statief”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Geraardsbergen · since 1980
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Leuven · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other retail sale of new goods · Brussel · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Schilderen van civieltechnische werken · Retie · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Denderleeuw · since 2005
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2006
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Kortemark · since 1991
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Zwevegem · since 2026
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Translation services · Keerbergen · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Virton · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · Awans · since 2005
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 2007
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Retail sale of antiques · Aalst · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2023
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hamoir · since 1991
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Ternat · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Boechout · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of TAWEI · Full-service restaurants · Kraainem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of NATIONALE MAATSCHAPPIJ DER BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN · Personenvervoer per trein · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of STAR BILZEN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Diest · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2024
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Zwijndrecht · since 1968
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Trade name of CANADA · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2008