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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2003
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Sombreffe · since 2007
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2024
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since 1992
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Other business support services · since 2026
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since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1994
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zottegem · since 1967
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 1987
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Site preparation · Herk-de-Stad · since 1993
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lommel · since 1993
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Visé · since 1994
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1997
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2016
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Market research and public opinion polling · Peer · since 2018
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Mixed farming · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Diest · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 1996
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Activities of lawyers · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · since 1978
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2004
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1987
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Finishing of textiles · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 1991
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1995
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Veterinary services · since 2002
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1996
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Painting of buildings · Plombières · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Diest · since 1998
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since 2013
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1994
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2009
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Physiotherapy · since 1991
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Assessment, (E)vidence-based Research & Treatment of Speech disorders · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012