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.
“Claes, Birgit”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Veterinary services · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Veterinary services · Alken · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HORLOGERIE - BIJOUTERIE CLAES · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Jette · since 1985
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Glaszetten · Lummen · since 1988
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Nijlen · since 1988
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Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Steenokkerzeel · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Warehousing and storage · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2011
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1965
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2025
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since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Other information service activities · since 2021
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2010
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since 2005
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since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2018