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.
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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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Hastière · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2019
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Huldenberg · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Bocholt · since 2002
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Zele · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Beerse · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Deinze · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Haacht · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wemmel · since 2025
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Wholesale of other food products · Mechelen · since 2016
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Ridderkerk · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Gent · since 2018
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ridderkerk · since 2018
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Oostende · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van kurk, riet of vlechtwerk · since 2021
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002