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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roofing work · Schaarbeek · since 1984
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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since 1999
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Brussel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of AMAREBE N'IMENA · Oudergem · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Walcourt · since 2000
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Evere · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evere · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2009
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Charleroi · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Autour de Nos Images · Hannut · since 2011
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Zutendaal · since 2006
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Ukkel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of L’Aquarium des Nageurs d’Ixelles · Elsene · since 2025
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Mouscron · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DELISAN · Real estate agency activities · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2003
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Eeklo · since 2018
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Gent · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Association Nationale Interprofessionnelle du Secteur Pharmaceutique Production Distribution Dispensation · Brussel · since 1956
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1983
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Fleurus · since 1991
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Boutersem · since 1992
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of association des nigeriens de bruxelles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Australian Network in Belgium · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ardooie · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Vorst · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Lievegem · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2004
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Dilbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Veterinary services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of OPCO Vlaanderen · Veterinary services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Proefboren en boren · Zele · since 2021
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Bever · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hulshout · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Other cleaning activities · since 2025
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · As · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Fernelmont · since 2021