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 Cops”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Lanaken · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boutersem · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Poperinge · since 2024
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Alken · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Wommelgem · since 2003
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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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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2019
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Gent · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 1985
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Londen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Rubelion · Sports and recreation education · Aalst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of THIERRY HERPAIN EXPERTISES ET CONSULTANCES · Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of IQBAL.SATI · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Colfontaine · since 2014
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Other software publishing · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants
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Vermogensbeheer · Voeren · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Seraing · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Torhout · since 2025
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Abbreviation of THECK Management · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025