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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brugge · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brugge · since 1899
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Antwerpen · since 1971
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Real estate agency activities · Westerlo · since 1986
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Hoogstraten · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Gistel · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of Begrafenisonderneming en Ceremoniebedrijf Groot - Damme · Funeral services · Damme · since 1978
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of De Lovie · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Poperinge · since 1922
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Willebroek · since 1968
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Kalmthout · since 1984
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Plumbing work · Lokeren · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Waasmunster · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Sereni · Funeral services · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of DEMOLDER-B · Vocational training · Grez-Doiceau · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BURO 360 · Landscape service activities · Lichtervelde · since 2011
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Gigasos · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Balen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DEJAVAN · Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2025
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Laureins · since 1988
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2001
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Mixed farming · De Panne · since 2005
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Stabroek · since 1976
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Stabroek · since 1981
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Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit · since 2007
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Westerlo · since 1984
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Bierbeek · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Abbreviation of DANIEL - EMILIE - RITA · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Fléron · since 1990
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT D'ENERGIE RENOUVELABLE · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1993
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Dental practice · Roeselare · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2014
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Lommel · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Event catering · Gent · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1989
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Abbreviation of DEPO Bouw en promotieonderneming · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brakel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lochristi · since 2013
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Oostende · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Schelle · since 2005