Is your company name still free?
Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.
“The Backyard”
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.
Same or very similar names
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ronse · since 2019
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2026
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Ternat · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Football clubs · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2002
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2012
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Abbreviation of The Belgian - American Cultural Exchange · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Lierde · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2009
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.