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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Lier · since 1987
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Painting of buildings · Mol · since 1968
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mol · since 1991
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Lille · since 2008
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since 2024
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2026
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since 2005
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 1991
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Support activities for animal production · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Alken · since 2004
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Westerlo · since 1995
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of LOUNGE NUMBER 1 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Pajottegem · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of TSOUMPELI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CASI · Insulation installation · Mechelen · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Tielt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Belgian Antimafia Steps Towards Awareness · Other membership organisations · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2023
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1978
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1992
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Stavelot · since 2016
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Surgical Trainees · Other education · Ukkel · since 1998
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Bast VZW · Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Riemst · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of One+ city · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Pelt · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wommelgem · since 2024
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Zandhoven · since 2025
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Mortsel · since 2006
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Mons · since 2002