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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Temse · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Dendermonde · since 2015
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2014
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BONTINCK INVESTMENT AND CONSULTING · Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Halle · since 2016
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Namur · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation · Other research and development on natural sciences · Glabbeek · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ING BELGIE · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 1935
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Name of an establishment of Centres psycho-médico-sociaux libre de la Région du Centre · Activiteiten van Centra voor Leerlingbegeleiding (CLB) · La Louvière · since 1960
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genk · since 2000
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Bink en Zonen · Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Sint-Niklaas · since 1947
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Gent · since 1975
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Trade name of ORAKEL · Other printing · Retie · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of LUPUS · Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Geraardsbergen · since 2015
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Arendonk · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herent · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Kinrooi · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BAITAR-VINCK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Sound recording · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Beauraing is not dead · Beauraing · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · since 2012
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Trade name of BEST MANNEQUINS · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wielsbeke · since 2005
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Lokeren · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of GRANDESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gembloux · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ternat · since 2026
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2016
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2016