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.
“TANOR”
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 · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kampenhout · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2024
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Temse · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2002
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Koksijde · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016
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Activities of notaries · Oudenburg · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 1992
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Eghezée · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herselt · since 2022
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Trade name of BAVRE WESLEY · Floor and wall tiling · Wetteren · since 2008
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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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Grimbergen · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Other sports activities · since 2021
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2022