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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Ukkel · since 1948
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Londerzeel · since 1992
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Herentals · since 2014
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Activities of holding companies · Pajottegem · since 1986
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Brugge · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2013
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1957
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since 2016
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Vorst · since 1978
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Coating of metals · Nijlen · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of Veribel · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1987
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Brasschaat · since 1992
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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La Louvière · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Putte · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Association des Centrafricains de Belgique · Vorst · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1982
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 2008
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Specialist medical practice · Kontich · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2017