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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN EUROPE · Brussel · since 2003
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Abbreviation of DArE Cabinet d'architecture et d'ingénierie · Activities of building architects · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DV13 · Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2005
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Harelbeke · since 2017
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Retail sale of antiques · Chaudfontaine · since 2011
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Vaduz 9490 · since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DAVID REAL ESTATE COMPANY · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1990
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Vorst · since 2012
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · La Hulpe · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
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De Panne · since 1964
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ADAAR IMMO · Elsene · since 2007