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.
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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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of CHROME · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 1987
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Luxembourg 1148 · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Beyne-Heusay · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · Liège · since 2000
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 2017
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1980
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Haacht · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of MAX.SEF · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Verviers · since 2025
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of STAY@STAYEN · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of FRANCINE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2026
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Ittre · since 2003
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Zottegem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2011
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Abbreviation of URBAN NATION · Ukkel · since 2013
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Maasmechelen · since 2009