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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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Bachelors Technologie Oostende · Oostende · since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Nieuwpoort · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Oudergem · since 1965
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Kraainem · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2012
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ARCHITECTURE TRIEDRE · Activities of building architects · Binche · since 1995
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Westerlo · since 1997
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BA TECHNICS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ardooie · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · Riemst · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Belgian Anesthesia Trainees · Edegem · since 2018
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2019
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Abbreviation of de Bournonville Administration and Technologies · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BUILDING ART TECHNOLOGY · Other research and development on natural sciences · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Other financial services · Overijse · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Tielt · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Better Africa Today · Mechelen · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Bierbeek · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Kortenberg · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Putte · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zelzate · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Linkebeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of J.H. Barnato · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Other financial services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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General medical practice · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zaventem · since 2024
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · La Louvière · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian Air Transport Association · Steenokkerzeel · since 1977
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Chaudfontaine · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Tennis Development · Operation of sports facilities · Jodoigne · since 1989
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2013
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1988
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ARDENNES TRI & TRAIL · Saint-Hubert · since 2013
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1978
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Joinery installation · Willebroek · since 2017
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Logging · Wemmel · since 2012
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1981
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Diepenbeek · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Book publishing · Dilbeek · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Belgian African Trading Cie · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brugge · since 1964
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 2018