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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1989
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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Tandheelkundig Centrum Berchem Economisch Samenwerkingsverband (ESV) · Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Herenthout · since 2020
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Coating of metals · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Zoersel · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · Malle · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2010
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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Trade name of MIRABEL · Hairdressing and barber services · Maldegem · since 2023
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Retail sale of household furniture · Zemst · since 2014
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Wemmel · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2023
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Balen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Technology en Design · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1999
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Keerbergen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of MAATSCHAPPIJ TER BEVORDERING VAN DE BELGISCHE GASTRONOMIE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · Brugge · since 2013
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2021
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Event catering · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · Schilde · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2012