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
39 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1995
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1982
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2015
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Oostende · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Brussel · since 2025
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Luxembourg · since 2009
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STRASSEN · since 2022
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2004
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of GABRIELLA · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Cinéma Le Versailles ASBL · Vertoning van films · Stavelot · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2016
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Other construction installation · since 1995
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Leuven · since 1989
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Gent · since 1965
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
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Stavelot · since 1922
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Activiteiten van dag- en dienstencentra voor ouderen · Brussel · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brussel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brussel · since 1921
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Activities of lawyers · since 1993
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Other retail sale of food · since 1970
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Ecaussinnes · since 2017
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Brussel · since 1945
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Name of an establishment of ESCOC · Other retail sale of food · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Kraainem · since 1965
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Kortrijk · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie Versailles van de Wervelaan 88-90 te Schilde · Schilde · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw "Residentie Versailles" te 2930 Brasschaat, Augustijnslei 130 · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Leuven · since 2005
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SONIC · Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Charleroi · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ROYAL SAINT-JOSSE · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Charleroi · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2006
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Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Book publishing · Elsene · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Brecht · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Office administrative and support services · Kruisem · since 2014
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Luxembourg · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2010