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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2025
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since 1996
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of DAS ESTATE · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Gent · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GERALI · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Manhay · since 2000
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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since 1995
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since 2015
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Interior design · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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since 2012
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since 2015
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Raising of other animals · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Other cleaning activities · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2024
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since 2009
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since 1995
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since 2021
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since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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Physiotherapy · since 2011
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2009
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2007
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1956
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since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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since 2006
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since 2007
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since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2015