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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2024
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Diksmuide · since 2024
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of JALA · Full-service restaurants · As · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1996
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2016
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Interior design · Malmedy · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Saint-Nicolas · since 2022
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Asse · since 2023
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2013
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Floor and wall tiling · Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2001
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2013
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Tielt · since 2013
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2013
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1987
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Châtelet · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 1992
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lier · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Wholesale of other household goods · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2006
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Other information technology and computer services · Wetteren · since 2007
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of STAGE UNIT MOVING LIGHTS · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Dinant · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · La Louvière · since 2005
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Interior design · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Lessines · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of FESTRA · General electrical installation work · Elsene · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Advertising agencies · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Liedekerke · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1979
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2021
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since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Pre-press and pre-media services · Verviers · since 2010
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Gent · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Geetbets · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Villers-la-Ville · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PSM Consulting · Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · Dendermonde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of EO · Activiteiten van industriële designers · Vorst · since 1977
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Detailhandel in boeken · Liège · since 2021