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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1996
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Name of an establishment of PATRIS · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van klokken en horloges · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Brasschaat · since 2021
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2022
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oupeye · since 2019
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Veterinary services · since 2011
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Other legal services · since 2022
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since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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since 1993
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2011
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2025
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since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · since 2025
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since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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since 2017
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since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 1997
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2022
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since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1971
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Activities of lawyers · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2024
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since 2024
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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since 2019
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since 2021
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since 2006
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Other sports activities · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · since 2023