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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other information technology and computer services · Kontich · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Proefboren en boren · Lummen · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2009
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Psychology services · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Izegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of L'Atelier de Recherches sur les Technologies de l'Enseignement et des Arts · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 1992
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Elsene · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Association Régionale de l'E-sport à Namur · Other sports activities · Namur · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2006
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Zonhoven · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 1992
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Deinze · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SFEERCREATION · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Arte Licata e Agnello · Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
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since 2015
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Brasschaat · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Development of non-residential building projects · Verviers · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudergem · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Meerhout · since 2011
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of EDEN PROJECTS · Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of EDEN DEVELOPMENTS · Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Boutersem · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 1995
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2022
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Mechelen · since 2024
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 1968
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General construction of residential buildings · Dessel · since 1978
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 1986
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since 1988
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Abbreviation of Kunst, Onderzoek, Technologie en Muziek · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ARTEO, bureau multiprofessionnel d'architectes · Activities of building architects · Les Bons Villers · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · Hamois · since 2025
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Abbreviation of The Art of Engineering in IT · since 2008
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Elsene · since 1974