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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beernem · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2013
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Châtelet · since 2012
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Diest · since 1983
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Abbreviation of DECAPAGE D'AVANT - GARDE · Brussel · since 1986
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Interior design · since 2020
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Abbreviation of DAG fantasy · Dour · since 2022
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1977
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gavere · since 2001
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 1994
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Veterinary services · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Geel · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gingelom · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of DENNIS ANDERSON GALLERY · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Golden Circle Cars · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2018