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.
“iSHOP”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Jette · since 2017
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since 2006
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Gingelom · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of AU SHOP · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Quaregnon · since 2024
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aarschot · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Hamois · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sprimont · since 1982
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Productie van televisiefilms · Vilvoorde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Institut des Sources Humaines · Nutrition and dietetics services · La Hulpe · since 2022
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Oudergem · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halen · since 2008
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brussel · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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General medical practice · Awans · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of K.C. & SONS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 1980
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Groothandel in onderkleding · Mol · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Industrial Component Shop · Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Rijkevorsel · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of NEVER CLOSED OOSTKAMP · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostkamp · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Book publishing · since 2007
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Vilvoorde · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of L.E.D.L.C. · Operation of sports facilities · Gerpinnes · since 1993
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Aalst · since 1998
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1998
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Kontich · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1993
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1992
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of SHARK WAY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Edegem · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Essen · since 2010
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of EURO CHAPEAU · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Liège · since 2006
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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Mechelen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MS BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020