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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Roofing work · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1998
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Boutersem · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Wholesale of other food products · Mechelen · since 1987
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Operation of sports facilities · Turnhout · since 1990
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 2013
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Roeselare · since 2005
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Overijse · since 1977
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Gent · since 1992
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1999
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Mixed farming · Veurne · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2016
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1972
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since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2021
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General medical practice · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2006
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · since 2026
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Site preparation · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of NEW SOBELWOOD · Retail sale of household furniture · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1987
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since 2012
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since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2005
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Funeral services · Fernelmont · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bierbeek · since 1991
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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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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 1988
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since 1976
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General electrical installation work · since 1979
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Full-service restaurants
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
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Book publishing · since 2007
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since 1969
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since 1991
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2007
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EMERGENT GALERIE & VERENIGING · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Veurne · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018