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.
“B.O.P.”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Abbreviation of Bocklandt en Partners, Marketing en Reklame · Gent · since 1977
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of BOBWOP · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brakel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'organisation et de promotions immobilières · Travel agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of SENDIAM · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bonheiden · since 1985
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Aalter · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Bruno Otten Press Associates · News agency activities · Herentals · since 1997
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Abbreviation of NOVAKOMENKO · Other information technology and computer services · Zoersel · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Theux · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Ravels · since 2005
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Plastering work · Ham · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2024
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aalst · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Boom · since 1993
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Stekene · since 1998
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Computer programming · Tournai · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Laureins · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BO BUILD & CO · Land surveying · Gent · since 2005
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Sombreffe · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diest · since 1984
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Retail sale of antiques · Beauvechain · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CONSULTING GROUP · Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1991
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Bruxelles Orthoptie · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1984
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Botrick · Other building finishing work · Wingene · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2020
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Genk · since 2020
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Interior design · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BETTER OPTION · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Kontich · since 2011
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BERBEN ORTHO · Dental practice · Juprelle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Bonorum Olivarius · Business and other management consultancy · Olen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008