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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Saint-Ghislain · since 1906
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Vermogensbeheer · Poperinge · since 2014
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1995
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since 1998
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Support activities for crop production · Braives · since 2012
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Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2006
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since 1990
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since 1992
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since 1985
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Site preparation · since 2022
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General medical practice · since 1975
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Specialist medical practice · since 1998
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2009
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2009
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since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Tournai · since 1987
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since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PETRA BELGIUM · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2020