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.
“BOPAT”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2004
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Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Stekene · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 1988
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Name of an establishment · Combined facilities support activities · Roeselare · since 1994
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Binche · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Remicourt · since 2014
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Machining of metals · since 2016
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Hoeilaart · since 2017
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Other financial services · Orp-Jauche · since 2021
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · Aalst · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Lennik · since 1999
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Aalter · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Bruno Otten Press Associates · News agency activities · Herentals · since 1997
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ninove · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Büllingen · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Damme · since 2007
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Aubel · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Liège · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Brussels Ouderenplatform · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of TADOM · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Charleroi · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Belgium Old Panthers · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Belgian Offshore Platform · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gouvy · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · Deinze · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Bocklandt en Partners, Marketing en Reklame · Gent · since 1977