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.
“TONA”
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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Hotels and similar accommodation · Amel · since 1976
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2011
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Rixensart · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Wholesale of other household goods · Halen · since 1991
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Abbreviation of TEMPEST OF NOISE · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Erquelinnes · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Koekelberg · since 2011
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Walcourt · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Ohey · since 1992
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Activities of head offices · Welkenraedt · since 2018
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Deinze · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Boechout · since 2013
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Event catering · since 2013
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Abbreviation of The Online Nut Company · Advertising agencies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boom · since 2015
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Temse · since 2017
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1976
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Trade name of ADRIENNE ET MOI · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Oostende · since 1937
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Schaarbeek · since 1992