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
60 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Harelbeke · since 1979
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Productie van televisiefilms · Schilde · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 1988
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Machining of metals · since 1994
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since 1992
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1995
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Employment placement agencies · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 1994
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2010
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since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Schoten · since 2023
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Tielt · since 2012
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Plastering work · Oostkamp · since 2008
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2019
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 1994
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Forging of metal · Harelbeke · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2000
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zedelgem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Verkina · Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2017
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since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Zwalm · since 2019
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Other education · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1992
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Other education · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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since 2011
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kuurne · since 2003
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since 1966
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Geraardsbergen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2024
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since 2025
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Physiotherapy · De Haan · since 2026
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2023
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 2017
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since 1993
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Support activities for crop production · since 2000
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2005
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1979
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Asse · since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024