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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2005
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Gent · since 1982
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Zoersel · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of CAMPO GUILLAUME · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Other tax advisory services · Liège · since 2002
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Landscape service activities · Mechelen · since 2013
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Plumbing work · since 2008
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Hulshout · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Maaltijden Pascal · Event catering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GEVARO · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2012
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since 2011
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1974
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostende · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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since 1996
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since 2012
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since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 1996