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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 2022
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · since 2026
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kuurne · since 1983
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Gent · since 1985
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Etterbeek · since 1991
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Pepinster · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Crisnée · since 2014
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2026
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Other education · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Temse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CLARO QUE SI / Tuurlijk Wel ! · Performing arts by independent artists · Evergem · since 2009
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Oudsbergen · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Linter · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2012
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
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Lokeren · since 1968
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nieuwpoort · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Centre Louviérois de l'Accueil de l'Enfance · Day nurseries and crèches · La Louvière · since 2003
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Specialist medical practice · Roeselare · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Binche · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of HORLOGERIE - BIJOUTERIE CLAES · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Jette · since 1985
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Glaszetten · Lummen · since 1988
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Nijlen · since 1988
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Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Steenokkerzeel · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Warehousing and storage · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2011
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1965
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Harelbeke · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1991
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Raising of dairy cattle · Ingelmunster · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Arendonk · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sprimont · since 2023
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ardooie · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Waasmunster · since 1987
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Risk and damage evaluation · Dilbeek · since 1998
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Geraardsbergen · since 1999
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Wholesale of live animals · Zonnebeke · since 2002
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Site preparation · Ranst · since 2013
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Hasselt · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · Herent · since 2011
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2003
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Freight transport by road · Lievegem · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Lokeren · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
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Gent · since 1968