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.
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Abbreviation of Internationale Medische Hulp aan het Kind, Belgische Afdeling · Olen · since 1979
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General construction of residential buildings · Beerse · since 2003
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Asperse Marmerindustrie · Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Gavere · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Section du Brabant de L'Association des Malades et Infirmes de Belgique · Brussel · since 1947
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1976
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE MECANIQUE INDUSTRIELLE · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Braine-le-Château · since 1981
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Abbreviation of TRANSIMOB · Courcelles · since 1991
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Koksijde · since 1995
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Elsene · since 1997
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0200 Targoviste Regio Dambovita · since 2000
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ukkel · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Leden van Integrale · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Association des Motorhomes Itinérants ASBL · Sprimont · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Arte-Magna International · La Hulpe · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Au Monde Ivoirien · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Pet training · since 2019
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Trade name of HOJORIBEE · Raising of other animals · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2021
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Roofing work · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Wellen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of JORFER · Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association Maison Iwacu · Elsene · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Amicale de l'Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique à Bruxelles · Brussel · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of Immomax · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ALLE MOTOREN EN INDUSTRIELE FILTERS · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Abbreviation of ANTWERPSE MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR IMMOBILIEN-BEHEER · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION PLURIDICIPLINAIRE DES MEDECINS DE L'INSTITUT JULES BORDET · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements A.M.I.S. · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Elsene · since 1993
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brussel · since 1994
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Floor and wall tiling · Maldegem · since 1998
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Abbreviation of AM INVESTOR SERVICES · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wavre · since 2014
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1984
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Algemene Mechanische Industrie Pennemans · Machining of metals · Lommel · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenburg · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · UNITED KINGDOM · since 2004
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES AMIS D'ISIRO · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES MEDIATEURS D'INSTITUTIONS DE SOINS · Ukkel · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Waregem · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Saint-Ghislain · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Atelier Mot - Image · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ASSISTANCE A LA MAINTENANCE INDUSTRIELLE · Hamoir · since 2001
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Tyre services · Zottegem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Appareils et Machines pour l'Industrie Alimentaire · Antwerpen · since 1955
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Kortrijk · since 2017
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Groothandel in overig textiel · since 2005