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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Westerlo · since 1997
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Vocational training · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of TELE - SERVICE LIEGE · Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of VAPE-COMPANY · Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2016
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Activities of notaries · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of VEST Management · Activities of holding companies · Malle · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Herzele · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Courcelles · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Liedekerke · since 2003
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Kraainem · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Riemst · since 2015
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Other financial services · Overijse · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Tielt · since 2020
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Bierbeek · since 2021
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Kortenberg · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zelzate · since 2007
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Oudergem · since 1965
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Ganshoren · since 2006
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Book publishing · Dilbeek · since 2007