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
53 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Balen · since 2011
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Halen · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2020
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since 1995
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Veterinary services · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1989
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Roofing work · since 1983
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since 1991
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van klokken en horloges · since 2026
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since 1992
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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since 2018
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2019
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 1991
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since 1995
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Freight transport by road · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Fovea IP · Other research and development on natural sciences · Ukkel · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · since 1986
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Beaumont · since 2024
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2026
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Support activities for animal production · since 2017
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since 1991
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1989
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since 1994
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2006
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2022
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Weven van textiel · since 2011
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since 1981
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Raising of dairy cattle · Kinrooi · since 1990
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bierbeek · since 1991
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Web portal activities · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DCM EMBA Holding · Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Dockx Technics · Other specialised construction activities · Dessel · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 1987
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1973
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2025
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since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Balen · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Temse · since 1986