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.
“WANT”
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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Retail sale of household furniture · Gent · since 2018
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Vocational training · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WALLONIE AVENTURE NATURE TOURISME · Tourist information services · Hamoir · since 2008
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Tellin · since 2015
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Kippenkwekerijen · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merchtem · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Couvin · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 1983
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Abbreviation of WIDE AREA NETWORK · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Seraing · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Wallonie Aerotraining Network · Vocational training · Charleroi · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1974
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Beveren · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Binche · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2022
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Translation services · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of CHARLETOIT · General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 1993
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Brussel · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1999
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of POTTAL PLUS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Abbreviation of VZW Wang · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2021
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Hoeilaart · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Dendermonde · since 2001
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since 2018
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Lochristi · since 2010
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Quiévrain · since 2005
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Binche · since 2023
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Trade name of Wanted Blue Benelux · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 1987