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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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Kortenberg · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Mechelen · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Geel · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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since 2016
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Putte · since 2012
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · La Louvière · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Retail sale of footwear · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Maaseik · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · since 2001
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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since 1998
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Nursing and midwifery · Boechout · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1987
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1994