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.
“TORIN”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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WILSHIRE · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Putte · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1969
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Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · Asse · since 2024
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Aalst · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Braine-le-Comte · since 2004
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Waregem · since 1971
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zonnebeke · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Saint-Ghislain · since 1989
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Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1991
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Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Laarne · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2002
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other business support services · Lennik · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2025