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.Chief”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised design activities · Roeselare · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Stad Roeselare · Contract catering and other food service activities · Roeselare · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Maldegem · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Maldegem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Gent · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Gent · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Lokeren · Afvalwaterafvoer · Lokeren · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Hasselt · Handel in elektriciteit · Hasselt · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Ieper · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Ieper · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Mechelen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Mechelen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Bornem · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Bornem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Herentals · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Herentals · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Heist-op-den-Berg · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1876
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Gent · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Gent · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stad Oudenaarde · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Oudenaarde · since 1960
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Other education · Gent · since 2022
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since 1984
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Wholesale of timber · Lummen · since 1992
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2005
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Ravels · since 1991
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostende · since 2023
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Abbreviation of AC Henry Immobilier · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Châtelet · since 2026
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2026
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Employment placement agencies · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Mechelen · since 1997
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Computer programming · Wemmel · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Elsene · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zaventem · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Detailhandel in boeken · Gent · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Anderlecht · since 2017