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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Esneux · since 2000
-
Lommel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 63 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2015
-
since 2005
-
Other business support services · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2015
-
Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2012
-
Sports and recreation education · since 1992
-
since 2026
-
since 1994
-
Mixed farming · since 1994
-
Mixed farming · since 1985
-
Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2026
-
Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1997
-
Specialist medical practice · since 2015
-
Other software publishing · since 2021
-
Specialist medical practice · since 1997
-
Nursing and midwifery · since 2007
-
Plumbing work · Gent · since 2007
-
Roofing work · since 2026
-
since 1965
-
Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2010
-
Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · since 2018
-
since 2000
-
Book publishing · since 1996
-
Plumbing work · since 2022
-
since 1978
-
since 2025
-
Activities of holding companies · Wingene · since 2020
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
-
Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Kortrijk · since 2001
-
Trade name of BelPi Genetics · Support activities for animal production · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2018
-
General medical practice · since 2021
-
Activities of lawyers · since 2020
-
Ukkel · since 1993
-
Name of an establishment of MYROPAL · Hairdressing and barber services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1994
-
Materials recovery from waste · since 2013
-
Retail sale of antiques · since 1985
-
since 1995
-
since 1990
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
-
since 2018
-
since 1985
-
Veterinary services · since 1992
-
since 2020
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2021
-
Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2022
-
Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
-
Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2008
-
Event catering · since 2009
-
Activities of lawyers · since 2001
-
Wholesale of timber · since 2010
-
Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
-
Mixed farming · since 2011
-
since 1980
-
since 2021
-
Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
-
Support activities for animal production · since 2008
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2001
-
Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
-
Activities of lawyers · since 1981
-
since 1986
-
since 1993
-
Vilvoorde · since 1968
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2014
-
Name of an establishment of URBAN DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2001