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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Soignies · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Other technical testing and analysis · Vilvoorde · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vilvoorde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BELGA THEATERMAKERIJ · Brussel · since 2005
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2006
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Etterbeek · since 1982
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2015
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Elsene · since 1968
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Lievegem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of TITOU · Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Brussel · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Genk · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2019
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Raising of horses and other equines · Linter · since 2021
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Saint-Ghislain · since 2011
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Book publishing · Geraardsbergen · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2022
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Pelt · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Overijse · since 2023
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Retail sale of household furniture · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2008
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wemmel · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2015
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2022
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schoten · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Belgian Academy for Global And Innovative Training · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Léglise · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Ittre · since 1989
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1993
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Brussel · since 1976
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Oudenaarde · since 2002