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.
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fernelmont · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · almeirim · since 2026
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Wholesale of machine tools · Gent · since 1968
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Zele · since 1951
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Grobbendonk · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1998
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Pelt · since 2000
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Middelkerke · since 2002
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Oosterzele · since 2013
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Harelbeke · since 2015
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Dessel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Amel · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of THE LOVE WARRIORS · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Rumst · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauraing · since 1992
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 1974
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Abbreviation of THUISVERZORGING DE EERSTE LIJN · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Beringen · since 1981
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Book publishing · since 1985
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of M.P. DIFFUSION (Matières Premières Diffusion) · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1990
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mol · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012