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 Labyrinth”
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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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2023
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Other personal services · Lille · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of P.O.T.L. Shops België B.V. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · ARNHEM · since 2005
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Trade name of ESCAPE BROTHERS · Other sports activities · Dendermonde · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Lokeren · since 2018
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Other education · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · Beauvechain · since 2002
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Activiteiten van Centra voor Leerlingbegeleiding (CLB) · since 2015
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Activiteiten van Centra voor Leerlingbegeleiding (CLB) · since 2015
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Cultural education · Vorst · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Cours de · Cultural education · Brussel · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Abbreviation of THE LAB V.V.F.M. · Sports and recreation education · Lasne · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 2021
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Other financial services · Kortenberg · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BX PUB · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2011
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Other software publishing · since 2011
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2004
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Mol · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Leuven · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of GALERIJ LABYRINT · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kasterlee · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Alken · since 1989
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Oostkamp · since 1991
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Psychology services · Vosselaar · since 2009
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014