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.
“CONTAB”
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 · Kortemark · since 2019
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Zaventem · since 1982
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hulshout · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Leuven · since 1987
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1941
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Zottegem · since 1971
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Vorst · since 1980
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Brasschaat · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Officieren Stafbrevethouders en van de Officieren Militair Administrateurs Brevethouders · Brussel · since 1986
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Kinshasa · since 1995
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Etterbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1987
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Oostende · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CONTABILISTA STUER · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Temse · since 2020
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2009
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Office administrative and support services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of REVISTA CONTATO · Pre-press and pre-media services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1979
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Menen · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Opérateurs Culturels des Arts du Conte et de l'Oralité · Elsene · since 2017
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Psychology services · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Containr. Zwevegem · Warehousing and storage · Gent · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Herenthout · since 2000
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Bredene · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Machine World Hub · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Ternat · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ContinuousC · Other information technology and computer services · Leuven · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Hasselt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CONTASSUR - CONTIBEL ASSURANCES VIE - CONTIBEL LEVENSVERZEKERINGEN · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Brussel · since 1983
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Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 1986
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Berlare · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Crisnée · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Walcourt · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Conti-Lines Group · Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1924
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Maaseik · since 1983
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2014
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Aalst · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2022
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2014
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Insulation installation · Menen · since 2022