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.
“Cools, Herman”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Kippenkwekerijen · since 1987
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Plastering work · since 2005
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Construction of roads and motorways · Lommel · since 1986
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Retie · since 1997
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Cultural education · Menen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BY COBRA · Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · Izegem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of live animals · Hamoir · since 1985
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Mixed farming · Bassenge · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Frameries · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Zoersel · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Groothandel in fietsen · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Insulation installation · since 2014
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Ravels · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · since 1994
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1991
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since 1975
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1988
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Machining of metals · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1980
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2023
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since 1998
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since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2005
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Computer programming · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024