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.
“CRAFTSMEN”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of outerwear · Retie · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Enterprise Intelligence Partners · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Stekene · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of JEROEN & THIBAUT COCKTAILCATERING · Event catering · Riemst · since 2017
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of Bart François Architects · Activities of building architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1998
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CRAFT - UNIQUE CRAFTING SOLUTIONS · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Roeselare · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of AIRPORT GARDEN HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Craft Communications · Public relations and communication consultancy · Edegem · since 2012
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Huy · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Brecht · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2006
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Other business support services · Wingene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre régional de Recherche et d'Action sociales sur les Problématiques familiales · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Wanze · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ARCHEOLOGIQUES FLUVIALES · Rochefort · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1997
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Club de Recherche et d'Applications en Fertilité · Florennes · since 1988