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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of antep sofrasi · Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Evergem · since 1979
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Wasquehal · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2025
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since 2004
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lievegem · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Eupen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Book publishing · Ukkel · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Evere · since 2014
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2022
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Sierre/Valais, Suisse · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Association nationale de Thérapie et d'Equitation de Loisir pour Handicapés - Nationale Vereniging voor Therapie en Vrijetijdspaardrijen voor Gehandicapten · since 1979
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Baarle-Hertog · since 1986
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Computer programming · Wingene · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Gavere · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Business Station Management · Activities of holding companies · Huy · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2021
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Evere · since 2011
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Computer programming · since 2012
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Other education · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Somme-Leuze · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2025
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mechelen · since 2015
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2019
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Abbreviation of A NOUS TUBIZE · Football clubs · Tubize · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Menen · Detailhandel in overig textiel · Menen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ANTENOR PAYMENT SYSTEMS · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Duffel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortenberg · since 1991
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kapellen · since 1994
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Computer programming · Silly · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Lummen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Walhain · since 2016
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Ukkel · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1976
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · La Louvière · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1985
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Evergem · since 2021
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Evere · since 2010