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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1970
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Lievegem · since 1984
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tervuren · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Artim New · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Brasschaat · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 1991
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Painting of buildings · Jabbeke · since 1998
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1992
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2000
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1983
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Geel · since 1993
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ninove · since 2022
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2017
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Marchin · since 2025
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Aubel · since 1998
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Tourist information services · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Izegem · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Hasselt · since 1989
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Tongeren · since 1995
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Meise · since 1996
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Wevelgem · since 2002
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Torhout · since 2018
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General medical practice · Tournai · since 2022
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Translation services · since 2007
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Geraardsbergen · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mons · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Gent · since 1978
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Meise · since 1996
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Other financial services · Manhay · since 2002
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wemmel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2026
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Beringen · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ouffet · since 1998
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Grobbendonk · since 2016
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of GREPIA & CO · Operation of sports facilities · Waregem · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Ronse · since 2011
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Nivelles · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Boortmeerbeek · since 1999
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993