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.
“Ten Ede”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Haaltert · since 2000
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Wemmel · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1990
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Seraing · since 2010
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Evergem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Nazareth · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of TURN EN DANS EVERBERG · Kortenberg · since 2000
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Dental practice · Wetteren · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Vorst · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Herselt · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2010
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FRICK · since 2012
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Roeselare · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Tissage de Deinze-Textielfabrieken Van Deinze · Elsene · since 1920