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.
“Toontje”
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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Brasschaat · since 1977
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Other social work without accommodation · Gent · since 1996
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Dendermonde · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DENDERKIND · Day nurseries and crèches · Aalst · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Ravels · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Heilig Boontje · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 2018
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Schelle · since 2017
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Lebbeke · since 2018
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Schoten · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of AXELDIOR · Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Roeselare · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brugge · since 2012
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Abbreviation of toonaangevend · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Bierbeek · since 2003
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Event catering · Stekene · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Schelle · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Kinderopvang de Duinhuisjes · Day nurseries and crèches · Knokke-Heist · since 1973
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Meise · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ABBES · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Leuven · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of KERUMA · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Genk · since 1989
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Trade name of LAMBRECHT - GOOSSENS · Nutrition and dietetics services · Aalst · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1998
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2022
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Gent · since 2023