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.
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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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1976
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Anderlecht · since 1945
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2010
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2007
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Abbreviation of CELLULE D'ACCELERATION POUR LA REMISE AU TRAVAIL ET POUR L'EMPLOI · Elsene · since 1986
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Other personal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of SHARING BIG · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lasne · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of CARTEL EN ACTION · Finishing of textiles · Durbuy · since 2018
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Finishing of textiles · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2019
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Roubaix · since 1983
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Huy · since 1970
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 1986
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Olen · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Rixensart · since 2011
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2012
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2007
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Asse · since 1971
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Paris · since 1997
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aalst · since 1997
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Elsene · since 2002
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Floor and wall tiling · Hannut · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2022
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · Ramillies · since 2011
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Boechout · since 2024
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Land surveying · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diksmuide · since 2026
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Manufacture of other wood products · Wielsbeke · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
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Logistics services · Tremelo · since 2011
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 2018
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Coating of metals · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Other construction installation · Binche · since 1985