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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ieper · since 2018
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Maasbree · since 1976
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2016
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since 2020
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Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2015
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Site preparation · Peer · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2023
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Plastering work · since 2009
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since 2009
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since 2003
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since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026