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.
“ContactExpert”
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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Activiteiten van callcenters · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1985
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Opérateurs Culturels des Arts du Conte et de l'Oralité · Elsene · since 2017
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Lochristi · since 2020
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1941
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Zottegem · since 1971
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Vorst · since 1980
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Brasschaat · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Officieren Stafbrevethouders en van de Officieren Militair Administrateurs Brevethouders · Brussel · since 1986
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Kinshasa · since 1995
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Etterbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1987
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1979
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Other legal services · since 1984
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wavre · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Namur · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020