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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Tyre services · Nivelles · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Péruwelz · since 2021
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Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of LIN IMMO · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ans · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 2011
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1941
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Zottegem · since 1971
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Vorst · since 1980
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Brasschaat · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Officieren Stafbrevethouders en van de Officieren Militair Administrateurs Brevethouders · Brussel · since 1986
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Kinshasa · since 1995
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Etterbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1987
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1979
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Doetinchem · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of Ludothèque Sésame · Activiteiten van bibliotheken · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Tournai · since 1995
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1988
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Elsene · since 1992
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ans · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1944
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herve · since 2010
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Joinery installation · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1998
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Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 1986
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Aartselaar · since 1989
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1997
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Namur · since 2001
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1973
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2016
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Activiteiten van bibliotheken · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ans · since 2007
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Binche · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Havelange · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Automatisatie - Constructie - Trailers · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1980
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1980