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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of NRGIZZ · Advertising agencies · Ganshoren · since 2015
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ATMOSAFE · Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Wholesale of machine tools · Zandhoven · since 1985
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Bree · since 1997
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Real estate agency activities · Hasselt · since 2009
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Other specialised construction activities · Rebecq · since 2013
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2021
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Nivelles · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Bierbeek · since 2025
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Zonhoven · since 2010
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2026
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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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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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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Artim New · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brussel · since 2016
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Grobbendonk · since 2016
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Verviers · since 2018
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2022
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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 of Aquasec · Other building finishing work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlare · since 2025
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1960
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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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Activities of holding companies · Bekkevoort · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
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Other information technology and computer services · Tielt-Winge · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Ronse · since 2011
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Eupen · since 2011
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Ieper · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vilvoorde · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ARTIZAN PRODUCTIONS · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Beersel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993