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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Voeren · since 1999
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since 2000
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Activities of interior architects · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Retie · since 1982
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Putte · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Retie · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · Bocholt · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 1993
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Physiotherapy · since 1995
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Maasbree · since 1976
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 1998
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since 2009
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since 2022
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since 2026