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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2011
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Essen · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Liedekerke · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Ambitus-Fédération des Ensembles Belges Indépendants des Musiques Classiques · Brussel · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2004
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · BALTAR · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Floreffe · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Diest · since 1936
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 1993
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Funeral services · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Meise · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Ingelmunster · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2023
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2024
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Leuven · since 2017
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1928