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.
“YAPPA”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of PIERRE - YVES · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aalst · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Martens - Berden · Full-service restaurants · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1984
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Abbreviation of KUNSTPLATFORM KAPPA · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ACTIONS DE PREVENTION ET DE PRISE EN CHARGE DES ASSUETUDES · Wellin · since 2000
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2015
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General medical practice · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Pepingen · since 2020
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1986
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Research and development on biotechnology · Mortsel · since 2023
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Trade name of SHEIK YERBOUTI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oosterzele · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of KAVKA vzw · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2025
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Computer programming · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2005
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Painting of buildings · Leopoldsburg · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Aide aux Pauvres de la Paroisse de l'Annonciation · Elsene · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Association des Praticiens en Psychologie appliquée · Elsene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Assistance personnalisée aux Personnes en recherche d'Autonomie · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Soignies · since 1988
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Other business support services · Kraainem · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Schilde · since 2022
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Zelzate · since 1983