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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2004
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since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2021
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since 1986
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
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since 2018
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2020
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since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2004
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2026
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since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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since 1991
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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since 2018
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 1984
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2018
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Detailhandel in kantoorbehoeften · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2006
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Balen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Ravels · since 1994
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since 1971
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 2005
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Other tax advisory services · since 2017
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1968
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Traits d'Union Rwanda · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Meise · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2026