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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Laarne · since 2010
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Stekene · since 1974
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Gent · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of QUORUM · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Oosterzele · since 2001
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of COLETTE EVENTS · Event catering · Haaltert · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1990
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Insurance agents and brokers · Assenede · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of LIMECO BELGIUM · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zwijndrecht · since 2005
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Tienen · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Meise · since 1999
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Merchtem · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Wuustwezel · since 2001
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wuustwezel · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 1971
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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since 2004
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 1971
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2016
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2026
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Veterinary services · since 2013
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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since 1998
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Activities of lawyers · since 2002
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Activities of notaries · Kortenaken · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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Other education · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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General medical practice · since 2024
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Other sports activities · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2011
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2014
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2008
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since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · since 1995
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since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Antwerpen · since 1997