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.
“Surplas”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Retie · since 2011
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Turnhout · since 1991
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Other printing · Holsbeek · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Zwevegem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of interior architects · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wetteren · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Maaseik · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ROSARIO · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Bever · since 1998
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Boechout · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of T-wins Events · Other personal services · Berlare · since 2016
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Trade name of 110th Street · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Blue 20 · Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Wholesale of machine tools · Dusseldorf · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2002