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.
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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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Abbreviation of CELLULE D'ACCELERATION POUR LA REMISE AU TRAVAIL ET POUR L'EMPLOI · Elsene · since 1986
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Floor and wall tiling · Hannut · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Land surveying · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1976
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Other personal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2000
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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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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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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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Roubaix · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tienen · since 1984
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Hoegaarden · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of OCCALEASE · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oudenburg · since 2024
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Wavre · since 1988
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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since 1990
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Name of an establishment of CNT · Roofing work · Kraainem · since 2020
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Anderlecht · since 1945
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Cafés and bars · Hoogstraten · since 1994
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Up2Charge · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Haaltert · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2007
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since 1980
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Paris · since 1997
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Elsene · since 2002
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Other personal services · Silly · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2023
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Boechout · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diksmuide · since 2026
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Manufacture of other wood products · Wielsbeke · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
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Logistics services · Tremelo · since 2011
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since 2010
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Name of an establishment of GARAGE FRANCOIS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1984
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Joinery installation · Menen · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Chaudfontaine · since 2009
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Other construction installation · Binche · since 1985