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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oosterzele · since 2021
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Elsene · since 2008
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Other education · since 2026
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Logging · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2015
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Logging · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · Oostrozebeke · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1992
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Other retail sale of food · since 2021
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since 2002
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2025
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since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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since 1975
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Real estate agency activities · since 2013
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since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Wommelgem · since 2018
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Anderlecht · since 1999
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Willebroek · since 1990
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Activities of lawyers · since 2006
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Middelkerke · since 2005
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since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1994
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Izegem · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2024
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since 2014