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.
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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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 2007
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Overige bemiddeling in effecten- en goederencontracten, muv crowdfunding · Seneffe · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Wemmel · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · Heuvelland · since 1989
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Logging · Attert · since 2020
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Raising of horses and other equines · Herentals · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Koekelare · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oud-Turnhout · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Wielsbeke · since 2008
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lokeren · since 2023
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Retail sale of other household articles · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Abbreviation of North Atlantic Food & Commodities Trading · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Lochristi · since 2001
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Other postal and courier activities · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Equestrian clubs · Kapellen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brugge · since 2021
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since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Perwez · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anderlues · since 2007
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Retail sale of household furniture · Zemst · since 2007
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 2024
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Willebroek · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Peer · since 2000
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Brussel · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Houthulst · since 2006
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Koekelberg · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mol · since 2021
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1942
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Brussel · since 1976
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Brussel · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2014
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Trade name · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Evergem · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2008
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2021