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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostrozebeke · since 2020
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Other printing · BENEDEN-LEEUWEN · since 2026
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2017
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Other education · Mechelen · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Schoten · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Brugge · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Bureau d'Etudes Architecture Mobilité Environnement · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mouscron · since 2006
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Brussel · since 1995
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Veterinary services · Geraardsbergen · since 2008
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Other business support services · Deerlijk · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · Malle · since 2016
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Abbreviation of CULTURES ET RITES DU MONDE · since 2018
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Insurance agents and brokers · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Kortrijk · since 1970
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of SECURITAS · Investigation and private security services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Materials recovery from waste · Roeselare · since 1992
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2001
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Employment placement agencies · Elsene · since 2014
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1991
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HOLZGERLINGEN · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2016
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Willebroek · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Lanaken · since 2019
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2002
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Physiotherapy · Boechout · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Willebroek · since 2008
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1983
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Zutendaal · since 2024
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Psychology services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wemmel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Curavis Belgium · Nursing and midwifery · Genk · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2025
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Other education · since 2025
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2026