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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of XENON Burgerlijke Maatschap · Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Mom&Pop Super Mega Farm · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of XENON54 · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 1994
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Schilde · since 1993
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lasne · since 2002
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Other non-specialised retail sale · WAALWIJK · since 2020
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Arlon · since 2006
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UTRECHT · since 2021
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Leuven · since 1973
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Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Zoersel · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Kortrijk · since 1994
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Psychology services · Liège · since 2021
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Other personal services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1977
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boom · since 2001
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Literary creation · Brussel · since 2020
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News agency activities · since 1988
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Zedelgem · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brecht · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · since 1999
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Graphic design and visual communication · Ranst · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Ciney · since 2021