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.
“ToNAc”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Koekelberg · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Rixensart · since 2012
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Grobbendonk · since 1978
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 1993
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · since 1991
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ans · since 2018
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Anzegem · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Elsene · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2004
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Deerlijk · since 2020
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Amel · since 1976
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Wholesale of other household goods · Halen · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Walcourt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TEMPEST OF NOISE · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2017
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Mixed farming · Ohey · since 1992
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Activities of head offices · Welkenraedt · since 2018
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Deinze · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2023