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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Merchtem · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lennik · since 2008
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2013
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Mobile food service activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Immo Herckenrode · Hasselt · since 1961
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Messancy · since 1983
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Ans · since 1986
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Activities of building architects · Kasterlee · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herk-de-Stad · since 1996
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Seneffe · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Beernem · since 2016
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Bornem · since 2010
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Nivelles · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ARMA FRUIT · Mixed farming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2008
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Other cleaning activities · since 2026
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Other business support services · Ternat · since 2026
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Operation of sports facilities · Mons · since 1995
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Beauraing · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Bastogne · since 1972
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ouffet · since 1998
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Ganshoren · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2014
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Namur · since 2017
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Verviers · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2019
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Limbourg · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Ninove · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MODELISATION ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUE INFORMATIQUE SCIENTIFIQUE · Neuilly-sur-Seine · since 1994
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of GREPIA & CO · Operation of sports facilities · Waregem · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2025
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News agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Other business support services · Kampenhout · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Nieuwpoort · since 2011
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Site preparation · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993