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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2016
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2000
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE DIFFUSION BFM PLUS · News agency activities · Oudergem · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Temse · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2000
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2006
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT PLUS · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1983