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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Visual arts creation · Leuven · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mortsel · since 1999
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Other tax advisory services · Kuurne · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2008
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Other education · Poperinge · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1958
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Other business support services · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Kaprijke · since 2013
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ramillies · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Dessel · since 2006
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Olen · since 2007
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Manufacture of outerwear · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Oudenaarde · since 1993
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Arendonk · since 1994
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1990
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Mechelen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Arendonk · since 2008
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Wholesale of other food products · Hasselt · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2018