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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Warehousing and storage · Brecht · since 1954
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Essen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Kluisbergen · since 1966
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Combined facilities support activities · Gent · since 1983
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Herentals · since 2008
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Other personal services · Elsene · since 1972
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1985
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Real estate agency activities · Hamont-Achel · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dendermonde · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lokeren · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Leopoldsburg · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Fleurus · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Wemmel · since 2007
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Boussu · since 2002
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Lievegem · since 1989
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Waarschoot · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1989
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Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Kortenberg · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Amersfoort · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Roofing work · Genk · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2024
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since 2026