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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Assenede · since 1971
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Kalmthout · since 2015
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1965
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wevelgem · since 1983
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zottegem · since 1987
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1983
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Mixed farming · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 1978
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Gent · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Assenede · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · since 2002
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since 2012
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Ukkel · since 1984
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 1989
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 1998
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Event catering · Deinze · since 2015
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2020
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Veterinary services · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Activities of head offices · Staden · since 2003
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Erpe-Mere · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2008
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2013
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Brussel · since 1983
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 1999
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Charleroi · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Plastering work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Fauvillers · since 2024
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of KVNL · Activities of holding companies · Mortsel · since 2014
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Other sports activities · since 2017
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · since 1989
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Tienen · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MARIAGAARDE · Real estate agency activities · Temse · since 1989
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Herzele · since 2020
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Site preparation · Aalst · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Huldenberg · since 2009
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Vilvoorde · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1969