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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Pelt · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Wijchen · since 1978
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brakel · since 1987
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Pig breeding farms · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Fitness centres · Putte · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of AUTOCENTER STEVENS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lochristi · since 1998
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1974
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Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2013
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Lokeren · since 2014
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Zottegem · since 2015
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Tyre services · Wingene · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Hoogstraten · since 2017
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1995
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Hulshout · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mouscron · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 1970
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2017
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since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NICOLAS STEVENS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2026
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2013
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Production of cinema films · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2006