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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Bande, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
  • Sole trader very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    Materials recovery from waste · since 1985
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2004
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Teelt van andere eenjarige gewassen, n.e.g. · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Translation services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2012

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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