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.
“Wobby”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Leuven · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of BobbyHyp · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Wavre · since 2004
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · Aalst · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2025
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Computer programming · Turnhout · since 2026
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Denderleeuw · since 1976