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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2018
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Roofing work · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1998
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1999
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Boutersem · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · since 1980
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1972
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Plumbing work · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2009
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · since 2026
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1997
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Tourist information services · since 2011
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2025
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since 1990
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General medical practice · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · since 1986
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Specialist medical practice · since 2007
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since 2011
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Dental practice · Wingene · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2003
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Willebroek · since 2005
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Paris · since 1973
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bierbeek · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1965
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Paris · since 1985
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Activities of building architects · since 1979
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Association Marchal et Fils · Raising of sheep and goats · Faimes · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Retail sale of footwear · Temse · since 1987
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Support activities for crop production · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2018
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brugge · since 2008
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Operation of sports facilities · Maaseik · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of HOTEL BUTGENBACHER HOF · Hotels and similar accommodation · Bütgenbach · since 2002
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Mixed farming · Veurne · since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1984
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since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 1999
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Land surveying · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Geetbets · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chaudfontaine · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zandhoven · since 2023