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.
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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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Brussel · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Quaregnon · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Translation services · Menen · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Literary creation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Frameries · since 1985
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · since 1990
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Translation services · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1987
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Bertem · since 2015
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since 1997
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Trade name of TEXTRA CORPORATION · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Ohey · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1975
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Other building finishing work · Roeselare · since 2007
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Wommelgem · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Stad Kortrijk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Kortrijk · since 1968
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Waterloo · since 1983
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Deerlijk · since 1994
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Brugge · since 2002
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Gent · since 2002
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1977
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Other educational support services · since 2016
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1988
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2019
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hasselt · since 2022
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Gembloux · since 1987
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1980
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Lendelede · since 1969
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Diest · since 1993