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.
“Sy-Ann”
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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ninove · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2018
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Staden · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SIANN vzw · Youth work associations · Kontich · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2013
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Day nurseries and crèches · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Raising of horses and other equines · Peer · since 2022
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Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2014
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Logistics services · Quévy · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Oudenburg · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Verviers · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2018
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2019
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since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Engis · since 2019
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2017