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
60 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Erpe-Mere · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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Boom · since 1988
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Gent · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Torhout · since 1999
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1986
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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since 2026
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since 1982
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2005
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Plastering work · Maldegem · since 2006
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · since 2022
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Torhout · since 1996
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since 1986
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · since 1979
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1978
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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since 1988
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since 1985
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1995
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since 1992
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Activities of building architects · since 1998
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 1998
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Other photographic activities · since 2010
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Torhout · since 2011
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since 1987
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since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Oostende · since 2007
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2024
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since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Torhout · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Pet training · since 2019
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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since 2024
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since 1980
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since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Staden · since 1992
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Beersel · since 2016
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Growing of flowers · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026