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.
“ZORA”
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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Name of an establishment of FIRMA GYSELS · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Veurne · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of A+B · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Waterloo · since 2009
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Gent · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Oostende · since 2016
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2026
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since 1968
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brakel · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Zulte · since 1996
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Horebeke · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Caring Nest · Nutrition and dietetics services · Zottegem · since 2020
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Ronse · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Retie · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Charleroi · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PERU · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2005