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 Challenge”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kortenberg · since 1987
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Oudsbergen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Dropping The Challenge · Other amusement and recreation activities · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2023
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Grez-Doiceau · since 2002
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Vorst · since 1991
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Other business support services · Bierbeek · since 1993
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Asse · since 1998
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Saint jean de Monts · since 2017
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Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Other sports activities · Waregem · since 2008
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Liège · since 1989
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Herentals · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 2013
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel
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Braine-le-Comte · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Insulation installation · Perwez · since 2012
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Kasterlee · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
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Binche · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of THE FORREST · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Waasmunster · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of RESPIGRIL · Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of L'IMMOBILIERE G & A · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2023
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Gent · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · since 1991
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Londerzeel · since 2023
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of CHALLENGE SHOES · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of IMAN COMPANY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Liège · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Wellen · since 2013
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Web portal activities · since 2015
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Interior design · Turnhout · since 2018
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Lasne · since 1982
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Anhée · since 1991
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since 2021