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
65 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1994
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1988
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Mixed farming · Lummen · since 2009
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Office administrative and support services · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2015
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since 1995
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2017
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since 1996
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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since 2003
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Physiotherapy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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since 2023
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since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 1979
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2008
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2023
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Literary creation · since 2023
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since 2024
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since 2025
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2015
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 1997
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since 1986
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since 1972
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Activities of lawyers · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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since 2012