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.
“YANINA”
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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Full-service restaurants · Zuienkerke · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of UDOH INVESTMENT · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mons · since 2012
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Abbreviation of DIERENASIEL CANINA · Other membership organisations · Essen · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bertem · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mobile food service activities · Wemmel · since 2023
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Londerzeel · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Liedekerke · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Asse · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · Bonheiden · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Sombreffe · since 2013
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Other business support services · Steenokkerzeel · since 2018
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Ledegem · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Haacht · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996