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.
“Tan 2”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2013
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Brugge · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of BISTAN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TRITON ANS NATATION · Saint-Nicolas · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of The Automotive Nursery · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Floreffe · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Visé · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MOONS NADINE · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bornem · since 1998
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Vilvoorde · since 2002
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Koksijde · since 1985
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Houyet · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 1990
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Other printing · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016
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Verhuur en lease van medisch en paramedisch materieel · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Oud-Heverlee · since 2020
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Dental practice · Balen · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Charleroi · since 2021
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Abbreviation of TANDARTSPRAKTIJK AN DELVEAU · Dental practice · Sint-Truiden · since 2006
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1993