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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2018
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Hulshout · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2017
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Computer programming · Kaprijke · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Meise · since 1989
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Halle · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Peer · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Beringen · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Apotheken Paracelsus - Gent · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Other tax advisory services · Gent · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Essen · since 2013
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 1983
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of A.P.R.E. - Atelier protégé et de Réadaptation pour Epileptiques - A.P.R.E. - Beschutte Werkplaats en Heraanpassing voor Epileptiekers · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Vorst · since 1967
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2013
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Amsterdam · since 2001
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Roeselare · since 2023
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Morlanwelz · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion de L'Engseinement provincial de Seraing · Seraing · since 1990
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Villers-la-Ville · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATIE VAN PREVENTIE DIENSTEN · Anderlecht · since 1998