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.
“BENDEC”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Coating of metals · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mons · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Destelbergen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN EASY DATA DRIVEN ELECTRICAL CHARGING · Handel in elektriciteit · Brussel · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wommelgem · since 1969
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Land surveying · Gent · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Pajottegem · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Eeklo · since 2004
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Herve · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 1997
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Roofing work · since 2022
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Other software publishing · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Courcelles · since 1999
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Computer programming · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Production of cinema films · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Computer programming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Hasselt · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2024