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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of B & T TEXTILIA · Weven van textiel · Lievegem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Bio Engineering and Nuclear Technology · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Schilde · since 2016
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Eeklo · since 2009
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2018
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lokeren · since 1983
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019
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Other business support services · Kontich · since 2022
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Event catering · Jette · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Bento GLC · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of OUJDIA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Belgisch Nederlandse Vereniging - Gent · Gent · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Rumst · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2001
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Fleurus · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Pajottegem · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zulte · since 2014
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Trade name of BENTRI FORWARDING · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kontich · since 2017
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Tourist information services · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Tielt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Blue Eagle Nivelles · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Nivelles · since 2021
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Beringen · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Turnhout · since 2022
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Asse · since 2023
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Manufacture of outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Incourt · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 2006
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · Wemmel · since 2008
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Leuven · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2024
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Dental practice · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Oostende · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Other tax advisory services · Hoogstraten · since 2008
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Eeklo · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of R-Build · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BELGIAN RENTING · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Brugge · since 1992