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.STROWEL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2003
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Kortrijk · since 1988
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of head offices · Damme · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Evergem · since 2023
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1995
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Joinery installation · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Activities of notaries · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
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DOMMELDANGE · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Actiris · Employment placement agencies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1988
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Other education · Wijnegem · since 2009
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2024
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2022