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
46 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Travel agency activities · Ternat · since 1987
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Vocational training · Hasselt · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Alternatief · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Genk · since 1998
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Other personal services · Gent · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · Haaltert · since 2016
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Aalter · since 2017
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Vocational training · Hasselt · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Jente Pauwels Architectuur · Activities of building architects · Westerlo · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DE VLEUGELS · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Houthulst · since 1985
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2009
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Gewoon technisch en beroepssecundair onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Hasselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of ALTERNA · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Courcelles · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · Flémalle · since 2019
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Dessel · since 2012
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1976
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Gent · since 1987
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Haaltert · since 1990
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Other specialised construction activities · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Esneux · since 2019
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Socio-cultural adult education · Florennes · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2008
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Brussel · since 2009
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTLICHE ARBEITERBEWEGUNG INTEGRATION · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Eupen · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eupen · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Maasmechelen · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2021
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Socio-cultural adult education · Liège · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Profondeville · since 2007
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Herentals · since 1972
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Other personal services · Veurne · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Vocational training · Hasselt · since 1993
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Flémalle · since 1997
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of AlternatiV Boussu-Hornu ASBL · Boussu · since 2025
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen
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Other retail sale of food · Tournai · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2012
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Wetteren · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2015
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Fleurus · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Frameries · since 2006
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Wholesale of live animals · Hasselt · since 1987