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 Cap”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Tremplin d’Eveil du Corps et d’Accompagnements Personnalisés · Gedinne · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PARSEVENTS · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2022
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of THIERRY HERPAIN EXPERTISES ET CONSULTANCES · Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 1998
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Painting of buildings · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DIFFERENCE HAIRDRESSERS · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Aalst · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Alken · since 1992
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Abbreviation of THECK Management · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Bar Martine · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Wommelgem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of The Creative Management Factory · Public relations and communication consultancy · Zaventem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Vavant · Construction of roads and motorways · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 2019
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Trade name of Idea on Air · Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020