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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2023
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Forging of metal · Temse · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2022
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Elsene · since 1973
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Floor and wall tiling · Beringen · since 2011
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Ardooie · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Organisation Textile · Kortrijk · since 1972
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL ENORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Centre of Transformation · Other education · Lint · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CLUB OLYMPIC TRIVIERES · Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Cotonnière industrielle et financière · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Torhout · since 1956
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Beernem · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Comines-Warneton · since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brussel · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lubbeek · since 2013
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Verhuur en lease van textiel, kleding, sieraden en schoeisel · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 1980
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Activities of building architects · Mol · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Kampenhout · since 2026
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Mouscron · since 1988