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.
“Swanenberg”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Leuven · since 2020
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Event catering · since 2005
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Vianen · since 1987
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostrozebeke · since 1990
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Retie · since 2016
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Retie · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2024
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Merchtem · since 1963
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Mixed farming · Bekkevoort · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Employment placement agencies · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2025
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Trade name of OUICOM · Advertising agencies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2010
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Brugge · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Montreuil · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Wemmel · since 1991