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 Next Wave”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Bonheiden · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of OCTOGOLD · Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2017
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Interior design · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · Ranst · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2013