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.
“Streetwise”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Wuustwezel · since 2002
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2025
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Moorslede · since 2015
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of A Quiet Place · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Go Mobility · Retail sale of bicycles · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Jette · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of MOWAYSS · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlaar · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Visé · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2026
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since 1967
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of KAP’SS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Assenede · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Jo One · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ID4U · Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 2025
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Evergem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of AMG TRANSPORT · Event catering · Elsene · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
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Charleroi · since 2005