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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2018
-
Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Geraardsbergen · since 2005
-
Wholesale of other food products · Lummen · since 1998
-
Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Wijnegem · since 2015
-
Joinery installation · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2010
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Other business support services · Wingene · since 2016
-
Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
-
Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
-
Other retail sale of food · Duffel · since 1991
-
Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Gent · since 1992
-
Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Haaltert · since 2018
-
Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Eupen · since 2021
-
Specialist medical practice · Pecq · since 2008
-
Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zottegem · since 1967
-
Abbreviation of Alert Belgium · Lint · since 1982
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 1987
-
Ukkel · since 1987
-
Site preparation · Herk-de-Stad · since 1993
-
Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lommel · since 1993
-
Visé · since 1994
-
Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1997
-
Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1998
-
Ukkel · since 2000
-
Vocational training · Izegem · since 2012
-
Name of an establishment of DE ROBAARD · Physiotherapy · Oostkamp · since 2012
-
General cleaning of buildings · Lichtervelde · since 2014
-
Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2013
-
Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2013
-
Other education · Elsene · since 2015
-
Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2016
-
Name of an establishment of Fietsen Lenaerts · Retail sale of bicycles · Balen · since 2016
-
Market research and public opinion polling · Peer · since 2018
-
Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2020
-
General electrical installation work · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2021
-
Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
-
Mixed farming · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
-
Landscape service activities · Roeselare · since 2012
-
Abbreviation of Assessment, (E)vidence-based Research & Treatment of Speech disorders · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
-
since 2012
-
Risk and damage evaluation · Aiseau-Presles · since 2006
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Herent · since 2006
-
Activities of lawyers · since 2024
-
Advertising agencies · since 2024
-
Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Diest · since 2025
-
Other sports activities · since 2025
-
Computer programming · Gent · since 2026