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
2 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 · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Brecht · since 2004
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1993
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Photography, excluding press photography · Aalst · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Turnhout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CORNELIUSFEESTEN VELDEGEM · Zedelgem · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Zemst · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2007
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Coopération des Entreprises dans le Secteur Bétail-Viandes-Produits de Viandes-Volailles et Oeufs · Brussel · since 1972
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Painting of buildings · Mechelen · since 1975
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Beerse · since 1993
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Mechelen · since 1999
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Zottegem · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Other business support services · Hamont-Achel · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Leuven · since 2018
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Quévy · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ASSOCIATIF & PARTICIPATIF · Brussel · since 2012
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Plumbing work · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2026