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.
“ZAN”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2024
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2022
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hulshout · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Computer programming · Manage · since 2026
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Other membership organisations · Malle · since 2009
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Chastre · since 1983
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Medeëigenaars gebouw Zand 4 te Lokeren, Zand 4. · Lokeren · since 1998
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Brussel · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Roeselare · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Retail sale of household furniture · Maasmechelen · since 2005
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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WILTZ · since 2007
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2024
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Other technical testing and analysis · Beerse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Zottegem Atletiek · Brakel · since 1969
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since 2019
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Abbreviation of ZONEART · Other amusement and recreation activities · Mons · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ZIEVE'ART · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2011
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Aarschot · since 2011
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Namur · since 2005
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Dilbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ZC ANESREA · Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ZENZERO+ ADVISORY · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ZONNEKEIN - ARYS · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1987