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.
“Vinks”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Peer · since 2023
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Liège · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 1991
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Event catering · Heuvelland · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Joeri Maes Consulting · Computer programming · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Sisu Group · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1969
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IJsselstein · since 1979
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Wetteren · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Wanze · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Rudi Veelaert, Veiligheidscoördinator · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mortsel · since 2004
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010