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.
“Broen”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rotselaar · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lommel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2002
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Risk and damage evaluation · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2013
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Youth work associations · Gent · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CLOSING THE CYCLE · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Halle · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Zwalm · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Media representation · since 1991
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information technology and computer services · Ternat · since 2009
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Hasselt · since 2012
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Genk · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1995
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 1999
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Support activities for crop production · Bree · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Genk · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beringen · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2000
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jabbeke · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2023
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2003
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Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortenaken · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Brussels Races Organisation · Schaarbeek · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of STUDIE - EN EXPERTISE - BUREAU M. SCHOUKENS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grimbergen · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BROECKX INDUSTRIES · General construction of residential buildings · Zandhoven · since 1998
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Evergem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2009
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 2012
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Demolition · Wuustwezel · since 2024
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 1999