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.
“TaPie”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Retail sale of footwear · Enghien · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Hoegaarden · since 2025
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Other education · since 2023
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Anderlecht · since 1977
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Bouillon · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Erpe-Mere · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Parallel Importers and Exporters · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Evergem · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1972
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koekelberg · since 2005
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since 2026
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Aarschot · since 1969
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Pelt · since 2012
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · AMSTERDAM · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TOURNE ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS · Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Lanaken · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Tarik et Antoine Padel · Gembloux · since 2023
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Abbreviation of THAT'S ALL PUNX · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Pelt · since 1989
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zoersel · since 2000
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Plastering work · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 2026