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.
“ZENGEL”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ENGEL INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oud-Turnhout · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1992
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WUPPERTAL · since 2002
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Lanaken · since 1991
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Lievehelp · Computer programming · Mortsel · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geel · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MAYA ORIENT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2011
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Halen · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025