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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Houffalize · since 1990
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Hemiksem · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nieuwpoort · since 1985
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Torhout · since 1992
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Willebroek · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Waterloo · since 1997
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Vorst · since 1999
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of COOLE GINO EN CO · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2002
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1989
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VORMINGSINSTELLING VOOR ARBEIDERS · Office administrative and support services · Zemst · since 1995
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of IF AMENAGEMENT · Landscape service activities · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2021
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE ONDERNEMING VAES · Site preparation · Zonhoven · since 2000
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Travel agency activities · since 1988
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Hasselt · since 2016
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Avocat Ronan VILAINE · Activities of lawyers · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2010