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.
“BRETON”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van houten emballage · Lommel · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Maldegem · since 1999
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Tournai · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Westerlo · since 1994
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since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Leuven · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of SWITCHES · Other education · Ellezelles · since 2004
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Quiévrain · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of KERGALAN · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Koksijde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of KERENGALLE · Other business support services · Koksijde · since 1998
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Glabbeek · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wetteren · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of LVD voeg- en renovatiewerken · General construction of residential buildings · Herentals · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Verviers · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2024
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since 2013
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Support activities for animal production · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Zulte · since 2010
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de aardolie- en aardgaswinning · since 2011
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Other information service activities · Oosterzele · since 1993
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Web portal activities · since 2013
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2001
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Montlhéry · since 2026
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Harelbeke · since 1982