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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of footwear · Hasselt · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Evere · since 2021
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Other education · Waregem · since 2022
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Support activities for animal production · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laarne · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 2008
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Other printing · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Roeselare · since 2017
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Trade name of DEDEN · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Roeselare · since 2022
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Willebroek · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Nieuwpoort · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2014
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nijlen · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Herenthout · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Pajottegem · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Commune d'Aywaille · Wholesale of timber · Aywaille · since 1886
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Name of an establishment of Vebego Cleaning & Services · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Action et de Recherche en Education · Etterbeek · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Communauté des Africains résidents en Europe · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Cooperative Association to Support Theatre · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Event catering · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1995
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Abbreviation of comite d'accompagnement et de soutien a tshisekedi felix · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Culture and Sustainability Transition · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of center for animal rescue and education · Pajottegem · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostkamp · since 2024
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Soignies · since 1994
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Other printing · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Staden · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lievegem · since 2021
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Other business support services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1967
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Abbreviation of CENT ARBRES SANS TOIT · Logging · Thuin · since 2003