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.
“BULB”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Gent · since 2018
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wemmel · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2022
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AMERSFOORT · since 2011
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · Brussel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Herzele · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Global Bazadaise · Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 1951
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Event catering · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Bull Stichting - Fondation Bull - Bull Foundation - Bull Stiftung · Brussel · since 1993
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Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Mechelen · since 1997
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Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Jodoigne · since 2020
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Oosterzele · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Plastering work · Alken · since 2024
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Andenne · since 2026
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · since 1994
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since 1993
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026