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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1992
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Geel · since 2008
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of bpost · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Brussel · since 1974
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Abbreviation of 360-IT · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Stad Oostende · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Oostende · since 1899
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Decorline Europe · Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Veterinary services · since 2016
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Trade name of Depot Stores · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Staden · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · De Panne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HOSTE · Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2003
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1989
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Abbreviation of DEPO Bouw en promotieonderneming · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brakel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lochristi · since 2013
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Oostende · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of LIBOTA KAHAMA VZW · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Stad Hamont-Achel · Afvalwaterafvoer · Hamont-Achel · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of MKM PROJECTS · Cafés and bars · Geel · since 1989
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Development of residential building projects · Poperinge · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Event catering · Alken · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Assenede · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Retail sale of footwear · Ninove · since 1991
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Development of non-residential building projects · Staden · since 2022
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Abbreviation of De Pajotse Oldtimer Vrienden · Advertising agencies · Pajottegem · since 2005
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Visual arts creation · Ukkel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MURAPLAN · Other postal and courier activities · Bredene · since 2016
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2026
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Rumst · since 1973
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Westerlo · since 1984
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Activities of head offices · Lichtervelde · since 1990
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Asse · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DESMEDT · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Gent · since 1996
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Trade name of DARLINE LAMMERS · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Pittem · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Zedelgem · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lochristi · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Bertem · since 1991