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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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Genappe · since 1982
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 1968
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Huy · since 1970
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Halle · since 1952
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Dessel · since 1978
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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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Name of an establishment of HATERBEEK · Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Aarschot · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ATLANTIC ARTEX · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Vorst · since 1987
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Anzegem · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
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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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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · 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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Olen · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wavre · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ARTEO, bureau multiprofessionnel d'architectes · Activities of building architects · Les Bons Villers · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2006
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Hamois · since 2025
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Nivelles · since 2000
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Elsene · since 1974
Names that resemble it 33 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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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2016
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Brasschaat · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1973
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Boutersem · since 2008
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Destelbergen · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Stabroek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 2005
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Forging of metal · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Arteria Consulting · Vocational training · Evergem · since 2007
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Cultural education · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Verviers · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Wemmel · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Aalst · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2006
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995