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.
“The Border”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Londerzeel · since 2025
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Maaseik · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Nivelles · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CV THEBO · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Roofing work · Lommel · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1999
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other photographic activities · since 1983
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Sports and recreation education · Mol · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Padel 2000 · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Trade name of WOO INVEST · Other amusement and recreation activities · Waterloo · since 2021
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Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of STEBO SERVICES · Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Much More Market Benelux · Wholesale of other food products · Evere · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2009