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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2014
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · Lommel · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2008
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Kalmthout · since 2002
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arendonk · since 2026
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Elies · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2016
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Lier · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Abbreviation of INTERPROFESSIONELE ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP DESIGN EN ENGINEERING · Activities of building architects · Aarschot · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Dans en Expressie · Other amusement and recreation activities · Mechelen · since 1994
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Brugge · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boom · since 2009
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1972
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Activities of head offices · Lier · since 2007