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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Geel · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Mol · since 2011
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Brecht · since 1990
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Rumst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Dental practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Staden · since 2006
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Gent · since 2026
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Gent · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2017
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Elsene · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1999
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Brugge · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2009
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Comines-Warneton · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2013
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1964
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2001
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1990
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2022
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Heers · since 1993
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2011
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Other social work without accommodation · Oostende · since 2004
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Other cleaning activities · since 2025
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since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gistel · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of OKRA, trefpunt 55+ · Travel agency activities · Schaarbeek · since 1972
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Brugge · since 1973
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Wemmel · since 1985
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Brussel · since 1986
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Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of KIOSK · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Wommelgem · since 1997
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Proefboren en boren · Olen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of POMI INVESTMENTS · Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Brugge · since 1998
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Roeselare · since 2013
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Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Roeselare · since 2013
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Zwevegem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of CDEV · Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of JOBOPA · Full-service restaurants · Zedelgem · since 2019
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Other legal services · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Edegem · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lokeren · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Gistel · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of VERENIGING 'T SAS · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Brugge · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Overijse · since 2024
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Mons · since 2001
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJK HARMONIE -ORKEST DOOR EIGEN KRACHT VZW · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Londerzeel · since 1988
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 2002