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.
“Tomahawk”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Eupen · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Assenede · since 1991
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of IMMERSIVE CUISINE · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2020
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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Joinery installation · since 2011
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met gespecialiseerde bouwnijverheid · Kortrijk · since 2025