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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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since 2000
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2009
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Groothandel in schoeisel · since 2015
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Machining of metals · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Gramat · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Deinze · since 1967
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hemiksem · since 1983
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1983
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Zedelgem · since 1984
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Abbreviation of COPPENS CARLOS · Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de aardolie- en aardgaswinning · Wielsbeke · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Denderleeuw · since 2023
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1991
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Market research and public opinion polling · Schoten · since 2003
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Oostende · since 2006
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · since 2010
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Tourist information services · since 2026
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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since 1991
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2009
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2016
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since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1997
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2020
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since 1977
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2012
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Computer programming · since 2018
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · since 2023
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2025
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since 2024
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2026
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since 1986
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2012
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since 1989
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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since 2026
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Aquacultuur in zoet water · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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since 2024