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.
“VIA LIBRA”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2025
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Kalmthout · since 1963
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Jabbeke · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Etablissementen Goysens · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Herentals · since 1954
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Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 1974
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Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Pelt · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Vorming, Informatie- en Adviescentrum voor KMO · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 1992
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Zulte · since 1995
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Painting of buildings · Ninove · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VASTGOED INVESTERINGS ASSOCIATIE · Waregem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VIA - Architecture, étude & patrimoine · Activities of building architects · Herstal · since 2021
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Gent · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Haacht · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Bornem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zulte · since 1998
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2022
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Roeselare · since 1975
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Manufacture of jewellery · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2002
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Elsene · since 1989
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Etalle · since 1992
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
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since 2016