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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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since 1973
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Etterbeek · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · De Haan · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · Ieper · since 2019
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Oostende · since 2012
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Etudes et Réalisations Thermiques Industrielles · Brussel · since 1968
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Beringen · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2013
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2022
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General medical practice · Poperinge · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 1981
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Schaarbeek · since 1998
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Erpe-Mere · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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since 1981
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Physiotherapy · since 1986
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2004
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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since 2015
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since 2000
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1982
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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since 1973
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since 2016
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since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Other printing · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Other education · Aubange · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Pajottegem · since 1981
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Keerbergen · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Gent · since 1974
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Abbreviation of BERTEM ATLETIEKCLUB · Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Leuven · since 1984
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2013
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since 1987
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Lubbeek · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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since 1986
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 1982
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since 2021