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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Alken · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schelle · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · Pepingen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Esneux · since 2014
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Waterloo · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oosterzele · since 2022
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Cultural education · since 2025
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Mortsel · since 1999
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Try Hard Academy · Other sports activities · La Louvière · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Detailhandel in boeken · Halle · since 1993
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Héron · since 2021
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Genk · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Activities of bailiffs · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Productie van televisiefilms · Hasselt · since 2011