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.
“Top Tools”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vorst · since 1919
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 1989
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of THE TOP OF THE TOP · Event catering · La Hulpe · since 2025
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Walhain · since 2012
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Torhout · since 1994
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Silly · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Deerlijk · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of TOPTOOLS INTERNATIONAL · Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Kontich · since 2001
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Activities of notaries · Mol · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Other information service activities · Tervuren · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2022