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.
“Car point”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mol · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Wevelgem · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aalst · since 2010
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2016
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since 2022
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Machining of metals · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Rebecq · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2016
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Looien, bereiden en verven van leder en bont · Mechelen · since 2004
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Arendonk · since 2024
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Oupeye · since 2014
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Retail sale of household furniture · Merchtem · since 2015
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Pelt · since 2018
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Roofing work · Rijkevorsel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Adaptation et de Reclassement professionnel · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Philippeville · since 1967
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Aalter · since 1988
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · Overijse · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Brussel · since 1988