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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Machining of metals · Gent · since 2024
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Luxemburg · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 1983
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Oostende · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Zaventem · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2005
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since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2016
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DONGEN · since 2005
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since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1980
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1998
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Charleroi · since 2018
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Abbreviation of BALD MOUNTAIN · Activities of holding companies · Wingene · since 2021
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2022
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Other financial services · Aalst · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Baldr.dev · Activities of holding companies · Wingene · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1987