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.
“ZELIG”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2019
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Computer programming · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2010
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Charleroi · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2014
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 2013
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · Gent · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1996
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Z.E. TAXI · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2017
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Brussel · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Liège · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DO · Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Liège · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ciney · since 2026