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.
“Bode, Maxim”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Support activities for crop production · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Linkebeek · since 1984
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since 1979
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2024
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Hamois · since 1992
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of VERHAGEN · Hairdressing and barber services · Turnhout · since 2016
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Trade name of Health Innovation Center Group · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Westerlo · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Waregem · since 2024
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Nijlen · since 2026
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 1970
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Diepenbeek · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oosterzele · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · since 2011
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Other tax advisory services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of AGORAIOS CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2015