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.
“Crate”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Tielt-Winge · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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since 1993
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of CREARTE · Beheer van financiële markten · since 1980
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Bastogne · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Computer programming · Grobbendonk · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2018
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Other business support services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lokeren · since 2011
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Gent · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · De Panne · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2003
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2024
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Lille · since 2026
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Aalter · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Contrôle et Régulation Automatiques · Wholesale of machine tools · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1949
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Abbreviation of ConReAtelier · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Conference Rental Alliance · Izegem · since 2024
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Assesse · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2017
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hamont-Achel · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Centre rural d'Appui technique · Namur · since 1989
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Other specialised construction activities · Ardooie · since 1968