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.
“Yano”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other information technology and computer services · Mechelen · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Vorst · since 2020
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Anderlecht · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of L.C.L.Y. · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2009
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Abbreviation of YANN-ANTONY NOGHES · Production of cinema films · Brussel · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Waremme · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Sint-Truiden · since 1986
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Gent · since 1989
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Londerzeel · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Liedekerke · since 2000
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Asse · since 2016
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Soignies · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2014
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Other business support services · Anderlecht · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2017
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Luxembourg · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Genk · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Roofing work · Lint · since 2010
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since 1998
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Grimbergen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996