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.
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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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aalst · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2012
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Insulation installation · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2017
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since 2023
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Insulation installation · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Verviers · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Schelle · since 1983
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1984
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Abbreviation of BEL UNIVERSAL TRADING · Plumbing work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Diepenbeek · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Merchtem · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lede · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BioUltra Transport Solutions · Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · Chastre · since 2022
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Raising of dairy cattle · Grobbendonk · since 2010
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Gent · since 2006
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Development of non-residential building projects · Herk-de-Stad · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1999
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Varkensvetmesterijen · since 2009
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since 1996
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1988
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Mixed farming · since 1975
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General medical practice · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Zwemclub Wauterbos Butterfly · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1992