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.
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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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zandhoven · since 1986
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Holsbeek · since 1938
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Rome · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Book publishing · since 2020
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since 2024
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE DE GESTION PATRIMONIALE - MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR VERMOGENBEHEER · Deinze · since 1981
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Merbes-le-Château · since 1992
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION-GESTION · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL DE GESTION DES SALLES POLYVALENTES DU CENTRE CULTUREL D'EGHEZEE · Eghezée · since 2000
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since 1980
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since 1989
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since 1999
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Book publishing · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2018
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since 2021
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2007
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Mixed farming · Oudsbergen · since 1997
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since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2012
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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FOETZ · since 2006
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ferrières · since 2026
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Other tax advisory services · Liège · since 1986
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Jette · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of COGEM - COMPAGNIE GENERALE DE MAINTENANCE · Machining of metals · Vincennes · since 1989
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Villers-la-Ville · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Flémalle · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Zoersel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2012
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Other printing · Fleurus · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Jette · since 2008
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Ranst · since 1935
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Development of residential building projects · Namur · since 1974
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Abbreviation of GENERAL CONSULTING COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Société de Conseil et de Gestion de Salons · Elsene · since 1981
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Other printing · Fleurus · since 1982
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE GENERALE DE CONSTRUCTION · Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1983
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Seraing · since 1985
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE DE GESTION ET D'INVESTISSEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Ath · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudergem · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · La Bruyère · since 1999
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Paris · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Mons · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Wanze · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Compagnie de Gestion et de Développement · Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Comité de Gestion du Patrimoine Immobilier · Fernelmont · since 2017
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Other education · Wasseiges · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Linkebeek · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2024
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Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE GESTION MEDICALE · Liège · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Générale de Matériel et d'Appareillages · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Général du Bâtiment · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1962
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Abbreviation of Compagnie générale des Tabacs, Exclusivité Davidoff S.A. · Elsene · since 1972
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Beyne-Heusay · since 1992
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La Louvière · since 1995
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Development of residential building projects · Jodoigne · since 2013
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Trade name of Cassart-Géronnez · since 2015