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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Aalst · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Oudenaarde · since 1980
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Geraardsbergen · since 1992
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Dilbeek · since 1968
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 1984
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2015
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since 2023
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Other legal services · Koekelare · since 1986
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since 1991
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since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2005
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Teelt van druiven · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aalst · since 2025
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since 1971
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Beerse · since 2016
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since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 1970
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Painting of buildings · since 2015
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 1990
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Growing of flowers · since 1987
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Other building finishing work · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2015
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 1997
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Other education · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 2000
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2021
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Roofing work · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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since 1982
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Roofing work · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Veterinary services · since 2010
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since 1983
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since 1998
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since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Land surveying · since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2026
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since 1992
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Translation services · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2000
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since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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since 2025