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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Aalsmeer · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other business support services · Wetteren · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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since 1994
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since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kortrijk · since 2020
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Trainers Organisatie Boogschieten · Blankenberge · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Rotterdam · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Maasmechelen · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · since 1975
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Advertising agencies · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Damme · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Union des Chambres et des Bourses de Turquie · Activities of professional membership organisations · Ankara · since 1996
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2020
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Kontich · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of TALES OF BRUSS'HELL · Cultural education · Elsene · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Maasmechelen · since 2025
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Gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten op het gebied van weg- en waterbouw · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2026
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1978
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023