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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lanaken · since 2023
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Ninove · since 1968
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Lier · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of HORECA CHRISTOFFEL · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1980
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since 1993
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Plumbing work · Dendermonde · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Haaltert · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1991
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2008
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Dilbeek · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Charleroi · since 1993
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Maastricht · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Beersel · since 2003
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Lanaken · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Schilde · since 2025
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Gent · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2015
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Other legal services · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1976