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.
“TKE”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2023
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of JERRY'S CIGAR BAR · Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Brugge · since 1999
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of JAI · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Zoersel · since 2006
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Assenede · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Waregem · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Waregem · since 1968
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Tintigny · since 2000
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2015
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Waregem · since 2017
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Other construction installation · Gent · since 2018
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1996
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Tom Kuppens · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of THUISDIENST KINEGRO · Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Thuisverpleging Kasterlee · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Tekno-Family · Other social work without accommodation · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of AsterX Consult · Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2025