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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · Mouscron · since 2026
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Site preparation · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2002
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Fitness centres · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2002
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Translation services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Steenokkerzeel · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Beringen · since 2017
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Grimbergen · since 2011
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2022
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since 1984
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2015
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Roofing work · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020