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.
“Anew”
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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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Dénia · since 2017
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Removal services · since 1996
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Jette · since 1996
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Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ANDREA-EERLINGEN · Genk · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2018
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Hasselt · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Antiochië Netwerk · Activities of religious organisations · Nivelles · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Oudenaarde · since 1952
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since 2013