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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Codutti, Benjamin”

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.

Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Painting of buildings · since 2009
  • Benjamin very similar
    Wijnegem · since 1971
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2006
  • BENJAMIN BENJAMIN very similar
    Machining of metals · Zwevegem · since 2023
  • BENJAMIN very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1986
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other photographic activities · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Logging · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Site preparation · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Other information technology and computer services · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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