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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oudenaarde · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Bewoners van de Oude Baan en Kruindersweg · Maasmechelen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Bilzen Op z'n Kop · Bilzen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Buurtwerking Overbeke Kerk · Wetteren · since 2023
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Turnhout · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oostende · since 1987
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE ORGANISATIE VOOR KINDEREN EN VOLWASSENEN MET EEN STOFWISSELINGSZIEKTE · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1994
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Herk-de-Stad · since 1997
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brecht · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Groothandel in pompen en compressoren · Olen · since 2015
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Other business support services · Schilde · since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
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Fribourg · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SPEELPLEIN BOKAL · Laarne · since 2002
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Machining of metals · Roeselare · since 2021
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Abbreviation of LE BOKAL · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Elsene · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Boechout · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2011
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 1977
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Retail sale of household furniture · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Seraing · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diest · since 1984
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Retail sale of antiques · Beauvechain · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CONSULTING GROUP · Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1991
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Bruxelles Orthoptie · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1984
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Botrick · Other building finishing work · Wingene · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2020
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Genk · since 2020
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Interior design · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BETTER OPTION · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Kontich · since 2011
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BERBEN ORTHO · Dental practice · Juprelle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Bonorum Olivarius · Business and other management consultancy · Olen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Belgian Okinawa Kobudo Federation · Jodoigne · since 1988
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Overijse · since 1990
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Manufacture of beer · Hasselt · since 2021
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Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008