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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Wetteren · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2019
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Aalst · since 2022
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Saint-Ghislain · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Glabbeek · since 2026
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1969
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IJsselstein · since 1979
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1986
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Stoumont · since 1987
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Trade name of DATAPUNT · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Brussel · since 1992
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Lede · since 1993
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Roeselare · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Malle · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE VERENIGING INTENSIEVE NEONATALE ZORG · Jette · since 2014
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2015
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Strassen · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Poperinge · since 2020
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Activities of notaries · Herzele · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Kluisbergen · since 2023
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2011
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VAN DEN EINDE CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haaltert · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Kuurne · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1981
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Etterbeek · since 1988
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Liège · since 1989
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RIXHEIM · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TB vocht en kelderdichtingen · Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Alken · since 2015
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Essen · since 2015
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Izegem · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Zonhoven · since 2021
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Wholesale of other food products · Kelmis · since 2019
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Operation of sports facilities · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020