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.
“CLOSE ONE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Bornem · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aywaille · since 1965
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Elsene · since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2021
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Gent · since 2023
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Other membership organisations · Sombreffe · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CLOSED Antwerp · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
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Lokeren · since 2020
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Leuven · since 1987
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Brugge · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2002
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Braine-le-Comte · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of De Meisjes · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Gent · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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since 2020
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2015
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2025