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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brugge · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · since 1994
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Football clubs · Aubel · since 2007
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Diksmuide · since 2019
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2019
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Koekelberg · since 2021
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Plastering work · since 2023
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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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AMSTELVEEN · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2000
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Physiotherapy · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of MY BABY SMILES · Day nurseries and crèches · Evere · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 1981
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General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET DE SERVICES TECHNIQUES · Market research and public opinion polling · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
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Dunkerque · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EVALUATION DES SOINS DE SANTE ET DES TECHNOLOGIES · Wavre · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Belangengroep Stotteraars · Gent · since 1994
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Geel · since 1997
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Hasselt · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Brabant East Swimming Team Diest · Diest · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1999
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Kasterlee · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Board of European Students of Technology (Bureau des étudiants européens de technologie) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EDUCATION SOCCER TRAININGS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Stiévenart · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Honnelles · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Beryllium Science and Technology Association · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2011
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Oostende · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Belgium Events Services for Technicians · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wavre · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgian Society for Trauma · Vocational training · Gent · since 2025
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since 2013
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2018
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since 2019
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since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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General electrical installation work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Other specialised design activities · Pelt · since 2017
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BuildUp · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Aarschot · since 2017