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.
“Adams, Wouter”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
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since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Construction of roads and motorways · Merksplas · since 1995
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Other building finishing work · Brasschaat · since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Herselt · since 1997
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Raising of dairy cattle · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1999
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Raising of dairy cattle · Merksplas · since 2009
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · Roeselare · since 2025
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de aardolie- en aardgaswinning · Merksplas · since 1989
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Charleroi · since 1989
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Sankt Vith · since 1991
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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Computer programming · since 2012
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since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · since 2020
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2008