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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Anzegem · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · Visé · since 2022
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Retail sale of household furniture
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1960
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2016
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 1992
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2023
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Other software publishing · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Erpe-Mere · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Le Batiment rationnel de l'Est SARL · Haironville Bar Le Duc · since 1975
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Activities of bailiffs · Oudenaarde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN RENDERING ENGINEERING · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Roeselare · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BORNEM REAL ESTATE · Vermogensbeheer · Bornem · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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since 2018
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since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2018
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since 1993
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since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Rijkevorsel · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of VLEESWAREN ANTONIO · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gavere · since 1979
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Brugge · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BREYBEAU · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Veurne · since 1997
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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since 2015
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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since 1997
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Demolition · since 2026
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Other printing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van andere pompen en compressoren · Izegem · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Event catering · Mouscron · since 2003
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Jette · since 1965
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Brugge · since 1975