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.
“BOEST”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Tourist information services · since 2011
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Other education · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Boest by Sara · Office administrative and support services · Lier · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG CLUB · Veurne · since 2000
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Liège · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Grez-Doiceau · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2016
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Other financial services · Haaltert · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2002
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Support activities for animal production · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2023
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of ORFEE · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Aarschot · since 2014
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Aarschot · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerking Boe! · Ieper · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BLUE OCEAN EXTENSIONS · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Bree · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Belgian Operational Equipment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of FRANCO · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Overijse · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Observatoire Européen de la Santé Transfrontalière · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Arlon · since 2017