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.
“BOVALEX”
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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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2020
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Kortemark · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Wervik · since 1992
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Kalmthout · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zonhoven · since 1982
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Floor and wall tiling · Malle · since 1992
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Plastering work · Deerlijk · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lummen · since 2015
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · since 1994
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Ravels · since 2018
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Breda · since 1974
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heusden-Zolder · since 1975
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Kapellen · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1989
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Alken · since 1989
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Lanaken · since 1990
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Mons · since 1994
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Brugge · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Waasmunster · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Waregem · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Mol · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Herzele · since 2025