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.
“BOUWMANS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Hasselt · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2003
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Genk · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Riemst · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Arendonk · since 2013
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Ham · since 1992
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Other building finishing work · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Meise · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Wholesale of timber · since 1967
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since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of C. TRADING INTERNATIONAL · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Antwerpen · since 2010
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since 1975
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General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Bertem · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anderlecht · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Leuven · since 2022
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Schelle · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Waregem · since 2002
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since 1997
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Aalst · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of BOUWMATERIALEN HERMANS-VERMEULEN · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Westerlo · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Vosselaar · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Zonhoven · since 2024
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2025
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anzegem · since 1968