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.
“VANITY”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vorst · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vereniging der Afgestudeerden van het Normaalinstituut voor Technisch Onderwijs · Anderlecht · since 1972
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Ardooie · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Computer programming · Beauvechain · since 2019
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Other photographic activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of AMORETTI · Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Mechelen · since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Schilde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of UITGEVERIJ VAN IN · Book publishing · Wommelgem · since 1999
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Forging of metal · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VAN NIEUWENHUYSE BOUW · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · Ardooie · since 2001
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Veurne · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Brussel · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 2017
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Villers-la-Ville · since 2018
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Roosdaal · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Perwez · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Veurne · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Bredene · since 2025