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.
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2014
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Market research and public opinion polling · Mouscron · since 1972
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1990
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1979
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Vermogensbeheer · Riemst · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Kraainem · since 1988
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Proefboren en boren · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1993
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2001
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Menen · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Le Cercle des Patineurs liégeois artistique · Sports and recreation education · Sprimont · since 1974