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.
“CLAVAN”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Alken · since 1994
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Maldegem · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Koksijde · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Damme · since 2016
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Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2019
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Raising of horses and other equines · Lievegem · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Avelgem · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Mechelen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Bekkevoort · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2017
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Avelgem · since 1980
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Roofing work · Zonnebeke · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merchtem · since 1987
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · Damme · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1978
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2005
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Saint-Ghislain · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre Laïque de l'Audio-Visuel · Productie van televisiefilms · Elsene · since 1981
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Berlare · since 1988
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Combined facilities support activities · Brugge · since 2003
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Theater Clan · Lier · since 2020
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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Lille · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Wevelgem · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Ingelmunster · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1991
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since 1995
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1968
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Book publishing · Hasselt · since 1981
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2013
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Bonheiden · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2020
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Tournai · since 2020
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Wevelgem · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2006
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Zwalm · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Ramillies · since 2026
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Oudenaarde · since 2025