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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vilvoorde · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 1998
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Beringen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Correct-Services · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Evergem · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of FIBOR · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1987
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1993
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ANIMUS · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Attert · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Lommel · since 2002
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Herentals · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of JC CLAP · Cafés and bars · Hamoir · since 2014
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1988
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FEIGNES · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Esneux · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2026
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Bonheiden · since 2026
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Verwerking en afwerking van hout · since 1985
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Painting of buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1990
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Kortrijk · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of CARRERA ERDA · Full-service restaurants · Maasmechelen · since 2001
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Inland freight water transport · since 1998
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Gent · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Begijnendijk · since 2022
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1968
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 1981
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La Louvière · since 1988
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Zele · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2001
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Computer programming · Wavre · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CARREAU MED · Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hove · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Namur · since 2007
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2024
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1987
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1982
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Floor and wall tiling · Temse · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of RS · Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018