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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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Hasselt · since 2001
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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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Plumbing work · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Haacht · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Confederation of European Security Services · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2016
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Brecht · since 2004
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 1988
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Photography, excluding press photography · Aalst · since 2014
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Abbreviation of COLLIGE CONSEIL INVESTISSEMENT MANAGEMENT · Walhain · since 2016
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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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Insurance agents and brokers · Brakel · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2025
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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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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Other business support services · Hamont-Achel · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Quévy · since 2022
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Literary creation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Avelgem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Comité organisateur de Vacances des Ecoles libres d'Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 1976
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of VERZEKERINGEN PEETERS · Insurance agents and brokers · Geel · since 1989
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · Haaltert · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Amay · since 2018
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Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Other education · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oudergem · since 2011
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Trade name of Roels · General electrical installation work · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Other construction installation · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2026
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Plastering work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Comptoir de Vente de matériaux de Construction · Mons · since 1968
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Floor and wall tiling · Schelle · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1988