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
50 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Weven van textiel · Waregem · since 1975
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General construction of residential buildings · Houthulst · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Employment placement agencies · since 2022
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Other legal services · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
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Other business support services · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2026
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since 1991
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since 2015
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2019
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Other information service activities · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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since 2014
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Vocational training · since 1990
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2006
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Tourist information services · since 2024
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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General medical practice · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2002
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2018
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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since 1986
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Computer programming · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2023
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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since 2010
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since 1989
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Damme · since 1971
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2021
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Cultural education · since 2006
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1950
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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since 2022