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.
“Tafels”
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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Mechelen · since 2026
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Other education · Kortenberg · since 2016
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2024
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Antwerpen · since 2000
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since 2024
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
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Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Andromeda Beheer · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Eeklo · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1995
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brugge · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of Etenstijd · Full-service restaurants · Pelt · since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Leuven · since 2009
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Poperinge · since 2024
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Leuven · since 2025