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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zele · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Oudenaarde · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lubbeek · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2011
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Aartselaar · since 1985
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Geraardsbergen · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2010
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Pig breeding farms · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Koksijde · since 2007
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since 1960
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since 2001
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · since 1996
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 1980
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Operation of fairground attractions · Ingelmunster · since 1992
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Specialist medical practice · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2024
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La Hulpe · since 1990
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
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Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2005
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Asse · since 1973
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Hairdressing and barber services · Arendonk · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2023
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Trade name of ROSAJO · Full-service restaurants · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Rengin · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zelzate · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Maasmechelen · since 2019