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.
“TANAX”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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Operation of sports facilities · Ans · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Major Things · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Bornem · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Ta nature asbl · Socio-cultural adult education · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Verviers · since 1981
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Zandhoven · since 1986
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Vocational training · Hannut · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Habay · since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Visé · since 2011
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Abbreviation of TANAOK & PARTNERS · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of BISTAN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TRITON ANS NATATION · Saint-Nicolas · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of The Automotive Nursery · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Floreffe · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Visé · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1978
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2016
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Dental practice · Zutendaal · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brunehaut · since 2012
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Dinant · since 2026