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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2004
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Translation services · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · since 1987
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Menen · since 1977
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Ternat · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zaventem · since 1990
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Plumbing work · Moorslede · since 1991
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Leuven · since 2015
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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General medical practice · since 1988
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Day nurseries and crèches · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2016
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Name of an establishment of V.S.B. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Roeselare · since 1983
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1992
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Computer programming · since 1999
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since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 2005
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Insurance agents and brokers · Gavere · since 2008
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2026
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since 1960
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Other construction installation · since 2016
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Diksmuide · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1971
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since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 1975
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Mixed farming · since 1988
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Landscape service activities · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · since 2001
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since 1978
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Activities of building architects · since 1990
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since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2019
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since 2022
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2022
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since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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since 1989
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2011
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2012
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Warehousing and storage · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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since 2026
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Painting of buildings · Oostkamp · since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zedelgem · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Waasmunster · since 1988
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Lochristi · since 1993
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since 1987
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since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2019