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.
“CAPTEL”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Liège · since 1997
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Site preparation · Herve · since 1987
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Tervuren · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tervuren · since 2026
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Kapellen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Revivre a Sugny · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 1986
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Middelkerke · since 1992
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Event catering · Pajottegem · since 1993
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SHARING BIG · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lasne · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of CARTEL EN ACTION · Finishing of textiles · Durbuy · since 2018
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Finishing of textiles · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Seraing · since 2014
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Maldegem · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Châtelet · since 2023
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Retail sale of games and toys · Gent · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · Herentals · since 1994
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Boom · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Florennes · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Stavelot · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Bilzen · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Duffel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BY BLONDEEL · Pre-press and pre-media services · Staden · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Herk-de-Stad · since 2009
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2025