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.
“BODIM”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Esneux · since 2008
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Zandhoven · since 1961
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1995
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Graphic design and visual communication · Oostrozebeke · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2021
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De Panne · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Belgische Distributiemaatschappij voor Verwerking en Toelevering van Voedingswaren · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Veurne · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Aubel · since 1992
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Middelkerke · since 1994
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIAIRE 988 S.r.l. · milan · since 1997
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2003
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Groothandel in veevoeders · SLIEDRECHT · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bicycles · Opwijk · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2001
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Geraardsbergen · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dentergem · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Soumagne · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Machining of metals · since 1997
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Other information service activities · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2004
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013