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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Faimes · since 2003
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Grimbergen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Tervuren · since 2024
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Other education · Haacht · since 2025
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since 1987
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2010
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since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2020
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · since 2012
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since 1979
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Aarschot · since 1973
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · since 1998
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 1971
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1999
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Machining of metals · since 1989
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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since 1990
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Nursing and midwifery · Diest · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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since 2007
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since 2009
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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since 2010
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since 2012
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Other education · since 2024