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.
“A - TRADE”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2007
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since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Orp-Jauche · since 2015
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Translation services · Hasselt · since 2004
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Evere · since 2017
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Wemmel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2012
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2006
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Retail sale of other household articles · Brussel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of AC Capital Finance Trade · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dessel · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Evere · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1983
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Lille · since 2014
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Opwijk · since 2026
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Abbreviation of A TRAVERS LES ARTS! · Vorst · since 2009
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Rumst · since 1972
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1975
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Comines-Warneton · since 1980
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Freight transport by road · Oudenburg · since 1985
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Zoersel · since 1987
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Diest · since 1989
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Mouscron · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Wommelgem · since 2017
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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Brecht · since 2019
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Translation services · Ukkel · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Beauvechain · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Mettet · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Geraardsbergen · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Geel · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Abbreviation of AFRICAN GENERAL TRADING · Elsene · since 1997