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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mortsel · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · Leuven · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Kaprijke · since 2013
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ramillies · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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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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Manufacture of outerwear · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · Schoten · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2018
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Aalst · since 1987
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1958
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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Other business support services · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2024
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Oudenaarde · since 1993
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Arendonk · since 1994
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1990
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Mechelen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Arendonk · since 2008
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Wholesale of other food products · Hasselt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ALLE NATUURWETTEN NALEVEN · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schoten · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of De rebellenclub · Sports and recreation education · Mol · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2007
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Day nurseries and crèches · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Boussu · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Boussu · since 1968
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1985
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Londerzeel · since 1992
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Zeevisserij · Koksijde · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 2016
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Nijlen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Kinrooi · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2019
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Erpe-Mere · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beringen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Hairdressing and barber services · Namur · since 2011
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2006
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Westerlo · since 2008
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Oudenaarde · since 1952
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Leuven · since 2017