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.
“Bontegem”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1992
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 1994
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2001
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Ateliers Bonte · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Leuven · since 1977
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Waregem · since 1978
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Roeselare · since 1988
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2014
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Translation services · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2022
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Plastering work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 1991
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Maasmechelen · since 1996
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BERVA INVEST · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Gent · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2026
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since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Computer programming · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2014
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Research and development on biotechnology · Kasterlee · since 2021
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2025
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Proefboren en boren · Beringen · since 2017