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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Deinze · since 2008
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brugge · since 2026
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Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 1994
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Activities of building architects · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Maasmechelen · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · Vorselaar · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Menen · since 2019
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Visual arts creation · since 2023
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Other educational support services · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Psychology services · Gent · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Les Bons Villers · since 2026
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Lier · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2016
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Demolition · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Affligem · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ledegem · since 2026
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Mortsel · since 1993
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Oostende · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Kapellen · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2023
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Aarschot · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2021