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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of World Assembly Of Youth · Elsene · since 1955
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Abbreviation of We Are Young · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of WHY AND YOU · Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Abbreviation of WEAREYOUTH.VZW · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2025
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of WE ADVISE YOU HUMAN RESOURCES · Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 2017
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Liège · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 2014
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Graphic design and visual communication · Eupen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Brussel · since 2007
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Waterloo · since 1987
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Meise · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 2014
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen · Soumagne · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Web portal activities · Moorslede · since 2026
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Other cleaning activities · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Nikkei Antwerp · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Leuven · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Elsene · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Koekelberg · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EG TRADING BV · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Wood Auctions · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Namur · since 2022
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Ieper · since 2007