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.
“WHATT”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Schelle · since 2017
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Gent · since 2004
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Other construction installation · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 1999
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lasne · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2025
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Tourist information services · Leuven · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genk · since 2009
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Market research and public opinion polling · Ukkel · since 1998
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Abbreviation of What if? Collectif · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Wingene · since 2023
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Hasselt · since 2024
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Literary creation · Profondeville · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Translation services · since 2020
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Other business support services · Ukkel · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · since 2021
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Raising of other animals · Liège · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2016
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Diepenbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Whay Have you Any Trust in Students and Unusual Projects · Brussel · since 1994