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.
“Boot, Jan”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · since 1978
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Specialist medical practice · since 1979
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since 2007
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Temse · since 1991
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SPRANG-CAPELLE · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Temse · since 1991
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Mechelen · since 2019
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2015
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2017
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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since 2001
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Other educational support services · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2012
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Retail sale of footwear · Aalst · since 1992
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Support activities for animal production
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Zonnebeke · since 2022
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Gent · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025