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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Elsene · since 2016
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 1972
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Chailley · since 1975
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since 1991
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Mixed farming · Pecq · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boortmeerbeek · since 2006
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engis · since 1979
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Tremelo · since 1991
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Abbreviation of FILIP BOURGONJON · Office administrative and support services · Destelbergen · since 1998
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Evergem · since 2000
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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since 2026
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Proefboren en boren · since 2005
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Villers-la-Ville · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2022
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Other printing · Brugge · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 2002
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since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Other education · since 2021
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Comines-Warneton · since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostrozebeke · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1986
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · La Bruyère · since 2025
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2025
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since 2026
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Enghien · since 1966
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudergem · since 1986
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since 1997
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Olne · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1964
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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since 2000
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since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Roofing work · since 2015
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Zeevisserij · Ichtegem · since 2017
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Name of CenT · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 2021
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since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2007
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since 2023
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since 1993
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since 2025
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since 2026
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Les Bons Villers · since 1994