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.
“Young”
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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Mortsel · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Laarne · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BOELEN · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lanaken · since 1989
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lanaken · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of VIGNERON CHRISTINE ET CHANTAL · Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 1988
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2018
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since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Verviers · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Brussel · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Grimbergen · since 1995
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Kortrijk · since 1982
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Other retail sale of food · Brussel · since 1989
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Cultural education · Orp-Jauche · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 1998
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Torhout · since 2022
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Brussel · since 2009
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Vorst · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1980
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of M.M.R & CO · Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2017
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2022
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Support activities for animal production · since 2015
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of JACOBS INTERIEUR · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Bree · since 1996
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Machining of metals · Zonhoven · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Enghien · since 2018
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Hasselt · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Socio-cultural adult education · Lommel · since 2025
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General medical practice · Mouscron · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · Stekene · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VANHOUTTEGHEM · Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Gent · since 1990
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Vorst · since 2022
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Retail sale of household furniture · Beernem · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2008
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Other education · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2024