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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2007
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since 2022
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Liège · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Other business support services · since 2014
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Wuustwezel · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2009
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Other business support services · Asse · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of HUA-DA · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2002
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of YinzO - Construction & Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Manage · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Wholesale of other household goods · Zottegem · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026