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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2006
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Lille · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Dessel · since 2006
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Olen · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Removal services · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Kampenhout · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Bernissart · since 2004
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Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Boortmeerbeek · since 2013
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Plumbing work · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Haaltert · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Pajottegem · since 2024
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Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ANDREA-EERLINGEN · Genk · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2018
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Hasselt · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Antiochië Netwerk · Activities of religious organisations · Nivelles · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · RONCQ · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Yvoir · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Other education · Liège · since 2026
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Beauvechain · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pajottegem · since 2014
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brasschaat · since 2006
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Walcourt · since 2006
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Ukkel · since 1985
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Oudenaarde · since 1952
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since 2013