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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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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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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Diksmuide · since 2019
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Koekelberg · since 2021
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AMSTELVEEN · since 2004
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Leuven · since 2017
Names that resemble it 51 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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2016
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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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Name of an establishment of MY BABY SMILES · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Evere · since 2010
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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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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
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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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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HJ Management · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Turnhout · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2001
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Other specialised design activities · Pelt · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of XLNBT · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hasselt · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 1998
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Herentals · since 2017
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5683LB BEST · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2017
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Plastering work · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Site preparation · Wommelgem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BuildUp · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Aarschot · since 2017