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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Jodoigne · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Coating of metals · Ingelmunster · since 2007
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Lokale Omroep · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Actiecomité Linkeroever · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Waremme · since 2017
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Waregem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Art Lex and others · Waremme · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Animal Lovers Only · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Leuven · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Association des Licenciés de l'Ecole d'Application(A.L.A.)-Alumnivereniging van de Licentiaten van de Applicatieschool(A.L.A.) · Brussel · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of Société Internationale de Gestion et de Gérance · Combined facilities support activities · Brussel · since 1975
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Ukkel · since 1992
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Bouillon · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · Flémalle · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hove · since 2013
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Liège · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuven · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Diksmuide · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2005
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Gent · since 2026
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Lokeren · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Almaluca Kampeerterreinen Oudenaarde · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Soignies · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wingene · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Brugge · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · Schilde · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Beersel · since 2019
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Proefboren en boren · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2003
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Ath la Manage Athlétisme · Bernissart · since 1966
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Rochefort · since 1983
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Zwevegem · since 1990
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Anderlecht · since 1991
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Elsene · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2018
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Waterloo · since 1962
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Abbreviation of ALMARINE · Hemiksem · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit · since 2018