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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Brasschaat · since 1998
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Zoersel · since 1989
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Kortrijk · since 1977
Names that resemble it 32 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 · Nieuwpoort · since 1984
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of APETIJTJE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heuvelland · since 2016
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Grimbergen · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 1995
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aarschot · since 2016
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2019
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Ravels · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Brugge · since 1999
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hemiksem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of V&V · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Edegem · since 2011
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Schilde · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 1988
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2009
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Deerlijk · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Geel · since 2019
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Oudenburg · since 1980
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Zingem · since 1988