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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Plombières · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ASSURANCES AUBERT · Insurance agents and brokers · Virton · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CENTRE CULTUREL DES ALEVI DE BRUXELLES · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIR AMBULANCE · Evere · since 2001
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Activities of building architects · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2008
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Event catering · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Autobus- en Autocarondernemers van Vlaanderen · Other business support services · Roeselare · since 1953
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Waddinxveen · since 1976
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Name of KATHOLIEK ONDERWIJS DE KRAAL · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Herent · since 1988
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Blankenberge · since 1997
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Abbreviation of BROTHERHOOD AGAINST ANIMALE MOLESTATION · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of EMPOROS · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Ukkel · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2016
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Kaprijke · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Haacht · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Ath · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Bureau Acoustique Alexis Moureau · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waterloo · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2020
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Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oostende · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BOXING ACADEMY ALEX MISKIRTCHIAN · Dinant · since 2010
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Abbreviation of BAAC Vlaanderen · Other research and development on natural sciences · Assenede · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 2011
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Belgian Arborist Associations · Other amusement and recreation activities · Ath · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2023
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Other specialised design activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boortmeerbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Belgian Alumni Association For European Youth Parliament International - Parlement européen des Jeunes international · Gent · since 1994
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Gent · since 2004
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ACTIVE AMSTAFF SOCIETY · Lanaken · since 2008