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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Deinze · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of EVENTNATIE · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN SOCIETY FOR SEXUAL MEDICINE · Edegem · since 2008
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 1981
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General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET DE SERVICES TECHNIQUES · Market research and public opinion polling · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
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Dunkerque · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EVALUATION DES SOINS DE SANTE ET DES TECHNOLOGIES · Wavre · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Belangengroep Stotteraars · Gent · since 1994
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Hasselt · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Brabant East Swimming Team Diest · Diest · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1999
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Kasterlee · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Board of European Students of Technology (Bureau des étudiants européens de technologie) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EDUCATION SOCCER TRAININGS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Bien-être et Santé au Sénégal · Charleroi · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Stiévenart · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Honnelles · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Beryllium Science and Technology Association · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Belgium Events Services for Technicians · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wavre · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgian Society for Trauma · Vocational training · Gent · since 2025
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Ingelmunster · since 2026
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SAINT-JORY · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Maasmechelen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Turnhout · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Sonuwe Kantoor en Project Meubilair · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Tremelo · since 1975
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ERGONOMICS SOCIETY · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Abbreviation of BUREAU EUROPEEN DE SECRETARIAT · Office administrative and support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1991
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Abbreviation of BAKLOUTI ENGINEERING AND SERVICES · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of LOGIC CONSULTANCE · Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Asse · since 1999
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES SAVOIE · Land surveying · Jurbise · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES SMOLDERS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oupeye · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Beernem Ecologisch en Sociaal · Beernem · since 2016
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Machining of metals
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Name of an establishment of BioBes Beernem · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Beernem · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Colfontaine · since 2018
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Abbreviation of BREAKER ENERGY SOLUTIONS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zelzate · since 2020
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Alken · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BOUBKER ENGINEERING SERVICES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Mol · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BLEREAU ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES · Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EVENTS SHOW · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EDUCATION SERVICES · Other business support services · Ukkel · since 2006
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Brugge · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Beuken en Scheuren · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Tielt-Winge · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Blégny · since 1992
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Zemst · since 1984