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.
“THEDRE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Maaseik · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1989
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Equestrian clubs · Frameries · since 2013
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in boeken · Brussel · since 2023
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Sound recording · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1971
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Rixensart · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · Vorst · since 2002
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Other cleaning activities · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Huldenberg · since 2016
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Trade name of AVF · Office administrative and support services · Lasne · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Abbreviation of New Girl Now · Herent · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Haacht · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lede · since 2014
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Retail sale of household furniture · Elsene · since 2019
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Support activities for animal production · Hoeilaart · since 2008