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.
“Tinis”
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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Insurance agents and brokers · Wingene · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Saint-Ghislain · since 2007
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 2006
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Anderlecht · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Mons · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Abbreviation of TROOST INDUSTRIE SERVICES · Spijkenisse · since 1986
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1992
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since 1997
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Other education · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Toiras Imechu School · Other education · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2002
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Poperinge · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Jette · since 2004
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2005
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026