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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Tournai · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association pour une Société écologique Observatoire permanent de l'Environnement association internationale · Brussel · since 1995
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Levallois-Perret · since 2017
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Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of OPEN RETAIL SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
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Construction of roads and motorways · Essen · since 1978
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Genk · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ELPIS KI · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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Braine-le-Château · since 1998
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Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Raising of dairy cattle · Wuustwezel · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · since 2019
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plastering work · Ham · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BOSPLUS TROPEN · Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · GENEVE · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2026
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Liège · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Brussels Ouderenplatform · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of TADOM · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Charleroi · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Belgium Old Panthers · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Belgian Offshore Platform · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · Stekene · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Bocklandt en Partners, Marketing en Reklame · Gent · since 1977