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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Liège · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · VALLE D'AOSTA · since 1976
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Zelzate · since 2025
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Peer · since 1990
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Other software publishing · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2013
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Retail sale of antiques · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Retail sale of household furniture · Schilde · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Hesbignon et de l'Environnement Rural · Hannut · since 1999
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Floreffe · since 2022
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Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Brugge · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Leuven · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vrienden in Toekomstatletiek · Ninove · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 1992
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Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Lochristi · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 1998
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Dinant · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 1986
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Dendermonde · since 2009
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2023
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1998
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Gistel · since 2007
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since 2016