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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Waregem · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · Charleroi · since 1989
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Middelkerke · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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Turnhout · since 2009
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Oudenburg · since 2011
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Elsene · since 2005
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Hooglede · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Wommelgem · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Charleroi · since 2010
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Jan Devriendt · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Koksijde · since 1997
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Soignies · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Psychology services · since 2014
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1992
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoegaarden · since 2019
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2007
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lokeren · since 2024
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Erpe-Mere · since 1988