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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of live animals · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1992
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Raising of horses and other equines · Clavier · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Nivelles · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Tervuren · since 2014
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · since 2006
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Raising of horses and other equines · Herzele · since 2014
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Research and development on biotechnology · Lokeren · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Schilde · since 2024
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Wholesale of live animals · Bocholt · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Putte · since 2016
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Raising of other animals · Aalter · since 2018
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Raising of horses and other equines · Berlaar · since 2018
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Pet training · since 2013
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Raising of other animals · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Raising of horses and other equines · Lommel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Lier · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 1984
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Tremelo · since 1991
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Pelt · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of BNP Paribas Fortis · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 1934
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Name of an establishment of Wit-Gele Kruis van Limburg · Nursing and midwifery · Genk · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Solidaris, socialistische mutualiteit van de provincie Limburg · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Hasselt · since 1924
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 1998