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.
“Bolko”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beringen · since 1978
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Beringen · since 2015
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Oostkamp · since 2014
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1987
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Lubbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Edegem · since 2021
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Dental practice · Keerbergen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of outerwear · Waregem · since 2005
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Liège · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hemiksem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Quaregnon · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bouwonderneming Lemahieu · General construction of residential buildings · Heuvelland · since 1990
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Geetbets · since 2002
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM OLD LIONS · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Battery of Limburg · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Hasselt · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Bewust Over Leven · Bree · since 1993