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.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2007
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Charleroi · since 2022
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belgian School of Osteopathy · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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Other business support services · Lichtervelde · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BELSOM SOMALIAN COMMUNITY IN BELGIUM · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Machining of metals · Ieper · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Pelt · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · Beerse · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilbeek · since 1972
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Schaarbeek · since 1950
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sambreville · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BELGIQUE SOLIDARITE KOSOVO · Namur · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ELBOW AND SHOULDER SOCIETY · Herentals · since 1992
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Brussel · since 1993
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · Gent · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BELGIQUE SOL MUR · Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Tournai · since 2015