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.
“Catpower”
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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Support activities for animal production · Evergem · since 2019
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Yerseke · since 1997
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Other technical testing and analysis · Izegem · since 2000
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Lontzen · since 2015
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Aalst · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Retie · since 2006
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Oostende · since 1999
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Elsene · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2025
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Computer programming · Boechout · since 1999
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Bastogne · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Name of V.S.M.L. · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of VD-Academy · Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025