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.
“VOIR”
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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Elsene · since 2021
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Braives · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2000
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2025
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Travel agency activities · Jalhay · since 2025
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1982
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Bouillon · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Bouillon · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Baelen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Baelen · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Lincent · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Lincent · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Oudergem · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Oudergem · since 1962
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Fernelmont · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Fernelmont · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Vereniging ter Ontwikkeling van het Individu · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Putte · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2011
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Other software publishing · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of STUDIO BARBER JACK · Hairdressing and barber services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Other information service activities · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2024
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Syndicat d'Initiative d'Yvoir · Tourist information services · Yvoir · since 1951
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since 1964
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Overijse · since 2013