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.
“Tatars”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · Antwerpen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of NINORTA · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2013
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Zele · since 2020
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since 2009
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Investigation and private security services · Tielt · since 1993
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2024
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Book publishing · Brussel · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Elcoba · Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Wommelgem · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025