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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of live animals · Nieuwpoort · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Middelkerke · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2008
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Tienen · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Dendermonde · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Lawyers Defending Rights · Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 1995
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2008
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since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2021
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since 2022
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since 2012
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since 1989
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Nieuwpoort · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · Nieuwpoort · since 2008
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Brugge · since 1982
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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since 2008
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Kine Jens · Physiotherapy · Niel · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Diest · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Gerpinnes · since 1992
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Abbreviation of DENDERMONDSE RECYCLAGE · Materials recovery from waste · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2013
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Other business support services · Waregem · since 2008
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News agency activities · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Oudenaarde · since 1977
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1983
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Peer · since 1984
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Joinery installation · Staden · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2014
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Houthulst · since 2015
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Lubbeek · since 2017
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Oostende · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Zoutleeuw · since 2006
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2023