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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Ans · since 2017
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Oudenaarde · since 1982
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 1987
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Ukkel · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SOFINO · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1995
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Personenvervoer over binnenwateren · Temse · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of ATELIER VIVALDI · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of VIVALDI DELICATESSE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of TASTY · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1982
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of TWENTYONE · Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BaMuSa · Cafés and bars · Zele · since 2011
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Liège · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Evere · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2014
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since 2013
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2015
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Activities of interior architects · Kontich · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geel · since 1997
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Beaumont · since 1997