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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · since 2014
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since 2015
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Mixed farming · Mechelen · since 1984
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Kapellen · since 1984
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Herentals · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2018
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2020
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · since 1993
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 1996
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1996
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2003
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Demolition · since 2024
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Tourist information services · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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since 1992
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since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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since 1985
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Kruisem · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Funeral services · since 2009
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2024
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since 2010
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Joinery installation · Tielt · since 2011
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Forging of metal · since 2004
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since 1988