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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Maarkedal · since 2007
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since 2003
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Profondeville · since 2024
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Namur · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MID-INVEST · Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 1982
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Wholesale of machine tools · Enghien · since 1983
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Brussel · since 1986
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Ukkel · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Lebbeke · since 2004
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Other software publishing · Ieper · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
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Other business support services · Menen · since 2013
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Trade name of VAN GAVEREN - FIERS · Gent · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1985
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Essen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION · Activities of interior architects · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1990
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Asse · since 1996
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Balen · since 2001
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Warehousing and storage · Hoeilaart · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Abbreviation of DAMATONA · Travel agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Intercommunale Gabrielle Passelecq · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Mons · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Reea Gr · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Florennes · since 2019
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Event catering · Wetteren · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Immo Albert · Real estate agency activities · Lede · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Deinze · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VAN CROMBRUGGE Dany - VAN HECKE Mario · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1993
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Rixensart · since 2015