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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 1996
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2009
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of PANE · Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of AMED · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Timisoara · since 2006
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Lochristi · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of IKENGIE · Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2009
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Other cleaning activities · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Wemmel · since 1983
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Gent · since 1985
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Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1982
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Bièvre · since 1999
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since 1999
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brecht · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Vrije Eeklose Radio Omroep · Advertising agencies · Eeklo · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of FINN · Business and other management consultancy · Floreffe · since 1991
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Other retail sale of new goods · Wommelgem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Kluisbergen · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Asse · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Asse · since 1969
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Insurance agents and brokers · Roosdaal · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Binche · since 1998
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Brussel · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Maldegem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RESTAURANT NOVA · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2026
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Computer programming · Holsbeek · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Oud-Scouts en Oud-Gidsen en Ouders van Scouts en Gidsen · Lint · since 1973
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Schilde · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Evere · since 2016
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Manufacture of jewellery · As · since 2016
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since 2016
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since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BELGIAN VOLITION · Research and development on biotechnology · Gembloux · since 2007
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Brecht · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Verstaen · Joinery installation · Tielt · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of VERTIRAMA · Manufacture of other wood products · Tielt · since 1990