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.
“Copro'tection”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other legal services · Evere · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2016
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Investigation and private security services · Wemmel · since 2014
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since 1942
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General electrical installation work · Héron · since 2002
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Zaventem · since 2015
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Groothandel in werkkleding · since 2018
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Riemst · since 2021
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Brugge · since 2007
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2002
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Investigation and private security services · since 2003
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2011
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Zwevegem · since 2006
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Beloeil · since 2017
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Geleen · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Dilbeek · since 2006
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Coating of metals · Andenne · since 1996
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Malle · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of PETER VERSTUYF/HI-TECH-PROTECTION · Painting of buildings · Aalter · since 2001
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Painting of buildings · Waterloo · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brakel · since 2008
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2004
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Other cleaning activities · since 2024
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Trade name of APRIL BELGIUM · Other financial services · Waterloo · since 2015
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Investigation and private security services · Hastière · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Ninove · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Tubize · since 2022
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Insulation installation · Koekelberg · since 2026
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Alken · since 2008
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Ternat · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of MATOCA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Huldenberg · since 1995
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1972
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Insulation installation · Lummen · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2016
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waregem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Fernelmont · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Connection Belgium · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2006
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Other construction installation · Awans · since 1981
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Binche · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Tielt · since 1999
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Investigation and private security services · since 2020
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Plumbing work · Grez-Doiceau · since 2014