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.
“YSEL”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Abbreviation of YOUTH SPORTS EXCHANGE · Wommelgem · since 2006
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brugge · since 1998
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Willebroek · since 2016
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Liège · since 2016
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2020
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Activities of notaries · Nivelles · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Deinze · since 1995
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2008