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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Cordoba · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Coopérative de transformation et de construction du batiment · General construction of residential buildings · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · TOURCOING · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Châtelet · since 1995
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Computer programming · Rumst · since 1996
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Physiotherapy · Charleroi · since 1973
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Oldenzaal · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zonhoven · since 2007
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Office administrative and support services · Schilde · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1927
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Vorst · since 1983
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2016
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 1989
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Paris · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Blégny · since 2020
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Abbreviation of coverband 'Covers on the Rocks' · Lummen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Corporation des Transformateurs de Papier et Carton de Belgique · Brussel · since 1940
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Landscape service activities · Braine-le-Comte · since 1984
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Oberpallen · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Deinze · since 1997
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Beerse · since 2013
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Construction of roads and motorways · Erquelinnes · since 2026
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Morlanwelz · since 1968
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Freight transport by road · Flémalle · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Verviers · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2025
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Logistics services · Lochristi · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Société de Transports et de Déménagement · Schaarbeek · since 1957
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Eupen · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Commerce et Transformation du Bois · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1963