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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Willebroek · since 1995
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tournai · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2007
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ganshoren · since 1985
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 1984
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Freight transport by road · Lennik · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · Steenokkerzeel · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortenaken · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Temse · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DOST · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Grobbendonk · since 2012
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Mechelen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of PAPA JI · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Olen · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Hof Ter Velden · Event catering · Dendermonde · since 1985
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Maldegem · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of GHOST_CLEAN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · De Panne · since 2023
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Mechelen · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Leuven · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Manjot · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Olen · since 2013
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2004