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.
“ZALEX”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Ukkel · since 1971
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Mons · since 1994
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Mixed farming · Poperinge · since 2003
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Insurance agents and brokers · Blankenberge · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2016
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Trade name · Computer programming · Kalmthout · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · Bassenge · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1992
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Floor and wall tiling · Halen · since 2004
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since 2022
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Zorgaanbieders Arrondissement Leuven · Leuven · since 1990
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 1986
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of A.D.W. · Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Raeren · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1974
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Other business support services · Dentergem · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ALEXANDER DE BECKER · Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2009
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Vlaanderen · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Retie · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Antoing · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of TINTIPEN · Full-service restaurants · Ittre · since 2001
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Activities of lawyers · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CODE INVEST · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Amay · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Roofing work · Charleroi · since 2003
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PROWOSOL · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of J.G.V.A. · Full-service restaurants · since 2017