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.
“CONTESSA”
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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Development of residential building projects · Oostrozebeke · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Gent · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Marico · Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Other retail sale of food · Bornem · since 1994
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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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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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Evergem · since 1987
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Geel · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoegaarden · since 1999
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Productie van televisiefilms · Grimbergen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Blankenberge · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Constructief Team & Netwerking voor Tandartsen · Zoersel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of COOP CONTENT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Lokeren · since 2016
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Schilde · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2010
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Computer programming · Oostende · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Izegem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2018
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Houyet · since 2008
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Aartselaar · since 2009
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Screed work · since 2006