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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Verviers · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Jette · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1990
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Welkenraedt · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2019
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · since 1967
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Oudenaarde · since 1978
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General electrical installation work · Schoten · since 2022
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Computer programming · Kasterlee · since 1998
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Anderlues · since 2014
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Wevelgem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of WELL COMMUNICATIONS · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Roeselare · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of SB Creations · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lille · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of WEALTH ETHICS LIFESTYLE & LEADERSHIP · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2003
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Estaimpuis · since 1988
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Rijkevorsel · since 1991
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Investigation and private security services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1996
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Farciennes · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Welcomi – Support d’accueil pour étudiants internationaux · Jette · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · Ranst · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren
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Aalst · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Welding Company · Wholesale of machine tools · Schelle · since 1971
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1980
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Ukkel · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of W.E.COM met handelsbenaming LASystems · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beerse · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Wim Ekkart Consultancy & Management · Activities of holding companies · Kontich · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of WELL FRESH · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of HBC GROUP BELGIUM · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2012