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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VYDEBO · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1995
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Name of ANN DE CLERCQ & C° · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ROOTZ MARKET · Other retail sale of food · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Operation of sports facilities · Leuven · since 2017
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Gent · since 2019
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Other business support services · Vilvoorde · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Kenny de Bruyn · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Stekene · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of REYNERS-SCHEPERS · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2005
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Abbreviation of BART CORNU DESIGN · Manufacture of other wood products · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2008
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Berlin · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ISTATE · Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 1992
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Maaseik · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Lierde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of HEKRI · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Genk · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Verviers · since 2019