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.
“UMI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Quaregnon · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Plumbing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Abbreviation of UMOJA MARKET INTERNATIONAL · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Unie der Moskeeën en Islamitische Verenigingen van Vlaams-Brabant · Vilvoorde · since 2007
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Event catering · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of So Tasty · Event catering · Herzele · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ans · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2020
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Other technical testing and analysis · Beringen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Gembloux · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Veurne · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Maaseik · since 2020
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Seneffe · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Waregem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2026
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of UMICORE · Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten · Brussel · since 1904
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Abbreviation of Uitgeverij Muurkranten · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Brugge · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Ultra Move · Sports and recreation education · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2021