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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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Merbes-le-Château · since 2018
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merbes-le-Château · since 2019
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ternat · since 1991
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Tremelo · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · Hoogstraten · since 1993
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Poperinge · since 1994
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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Manufacture of beer · Eeklo · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Londerzeel · since 2006
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Roeselare · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · Asse · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2026