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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Halle · since 1952
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Hera · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wavre · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association de régie technique et études scientifiques · Sound recording · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ART IN RELATIONAL TECHNICS AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of VENTUS CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2005
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Grez-Doiceau · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · 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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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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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Andenne · since 1993
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Seneffe · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Trade name · 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 · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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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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Abbreviation of Association régionale de Toursime équestre Sud-Ouest · Pont-à-Celles · since 1994
Names that resemble it 31 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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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 1995
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Rixensart · since 1995
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Photography, excluding press photography · Zulte · since 2013
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Literary creation · Mechelen · since 2016
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Wavre · since 2016
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Zedelgem · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Oudergem · since 2010
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Retail sale of household furniture · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2016
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Brussel · since 1991
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Brussel · since 1992
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Brussel · since 2002
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Jette · since 2025