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
48 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2021
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Coating of metals · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Damme · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Mixed farming · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Diksmuide · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Lokeren · since 2025
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Aalst · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1978
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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Mixed farming · since 1978
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Mixed farming · since 1990
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1998
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2023
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since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2012
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2004
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Roofing work · since 2006
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Machining of metals · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Other photographic activities · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1983
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Damme · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oostende · since 2023
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Activiteiten van makelaars en agenten voor elektriciteit en aardgas · since 2026
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Vervaardiging dakpannen, tegels en andere producten voor de bouw, van gebakken klei · since 2020
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2022
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Growing of flowers · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · Mechelen · since 1996
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Other specialised construction activities · Menen · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Tervuren · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · since 2026