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
52 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Lummen · since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Walhain · since 2018
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CELIS CARS · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
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Tourist information services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SOCIETE GABRIELLE · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of JABU · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 1992
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Site preparation · since 2015
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Other educational support services · since 2020
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Other cleaning activities · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2022
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2010
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Other construction installation · since 1971
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 1992
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1998
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since 2020
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since 2008
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Wholesale of timber · Aarschot · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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since 1981
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2025
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since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Pelt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CELIO SPORT & IMAGE · Translation services · Brussel · since 1996
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zaventem · since 2018
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudsbergen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Comité Européenne des Ligues d'Improvisation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1992