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.
“Unique group”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 1963
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 2008
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NANO · Other specialised construction activities · Schoten · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Brussel · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PROTECTION UNIT GROUP · Investigation and private security services · Liège · since 2006
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Other education · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Brussel · since 2020
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Willebroek · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Travel agency activities · Poperinge · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Mouscron · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · General cleaning of buildings · Brugge · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lier · since 2019