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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Landscape service activities · Aalst · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Lebbeke · since 1991
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Zemst · since 1999
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2021
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Wholesale of live animals · Bernissart · since 2021
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1995
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2002
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2012
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1987
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Amay · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Plombières · since 2016
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · Geel · since 2016
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1982
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 1993
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since 1985
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1997
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Other educational support services · since 2021
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since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Dental practice · since 1985
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since 1997
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Trade name of LAVAERT INVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2012
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since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2024
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Zwevegem · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Koekelare · since 2018
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Lochristi · since 1998
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since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
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since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Berlare · since 2009
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Other building finishing work · since 2009
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since 1974
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since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 2005