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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2022
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of BONAIRE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Keerbergen · since 1989
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1984
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Beersel · since 1990
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since 1993
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Name of an establishment of PERRON 5 · Cafés and bars · Lier · since 2015
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1996
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Trade name of CAFE GUNEY · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Berlaar · since 2019
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Other education · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1962
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Name of an establishment of Huize Sint-Vincentius · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Halen · since 1978
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Malle · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Omega Orienteering · Diest · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Kompas · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Gent · since 1990
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Abbreviation of OMEGA COMMUNICATION PARTNERS · Market research and public opinion polling · Keerbergen · since 1994
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Wholesale of other household goods · Mons · since 1995
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Wommelgem · since 2000
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Sint-Truiden · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Lennik · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Vorst · since 2016