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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2026
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Malmedy · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of T.Imperium · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2020
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2026
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Other membership organisations · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waimes · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · Leuven · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of VIMABEL · Other retail sale of new goods · Arlon · since 2016
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Brussel · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Leuven · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2006
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Name of LA MAISON CITE DE DIEU · Elsene · since 2025
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Day nurseries and crèches · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of NORDIC RETAIL AGENCIES · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Event catering · Leuven · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 2003
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of THIERRY HERPAIN EXPERTISES ET CONSULTANCES · Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Alken · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kapellen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of THECK Management · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025