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.
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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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Day nurseries and crèches · Tielt-Winge · since 2015
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · Deinze · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Vleteren · since 1993
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Ath · since 1999
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Other education · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Halle · since 1987
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Tielt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1981
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Menen · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 1990
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Soignies · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nieuwpoort · since 1992
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Hamois · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · Charleroi · since 2008
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Beerse · since 1983
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Gent · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2019
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sambreville · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Nieuwland · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Brugge · since 1972
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1979
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Trade name of KAASRUI 7 · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2019
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2019
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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since 1996
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Freight transport by road · Kruisem · since 2006
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Izegem · since 2001
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2019
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2004
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Ternat · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ieper · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Westerlo · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2002
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Mechelen · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Schoten · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nijlen · since 2019
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Roosdaal · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Asse · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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noordwijk zh · since 2009
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Kortrijk · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Middelkerke · since 2004
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2024
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Poperinge · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VERENY · General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Kuurne · since 1975