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.
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Support activities for animal production · Glabbeek · since 2021
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Roofing work · Assesse · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ferrières · since 2018
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Braine-le-Comte · since 2004
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2023
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since 2015
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since 2022
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since 2023
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Koekelberg · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1970
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Mol · since 1975
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Brussel · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 2017
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Other retail sale of food · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2020
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Esneux · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2011
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Grimbergen · since 2012
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2005
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Merbes-le-Château · since 1993
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Durbuy · since 2023
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Aywaille · since 2011
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Dental practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 1990