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.
“ANNOUCK”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ardooie · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2014
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Pet training · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2023
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since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostende · since 2020
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Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1995
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Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wuustwezel · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2020
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Name of ARTIMVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1997
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2005