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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Deinze · since 1969
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Torhout · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · Schoten · since 2013
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Veurne · since 2020
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Machining of metals · since 2003
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Inland freight water transport · since 2005
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Plumbing work · since 2006
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Construction of roads and motorways · Emmen · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Genk · since 1975
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Menen · since 1978
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Rumst · since 1979
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Retail sale of antiques · Grimbergen · since 1985
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Maasmechelen · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Willebroek · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of VANDAMME - D'HOEDT · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Putte · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Alveringem · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Torhout · since 2023
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Plastering work · Waasmunster · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DE SCHOENMET · Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 2009
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1976
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1992
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zemst · since 1999
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Interior design · since 2015
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · since 2023
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 1986
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Affligem · since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Landen · since 2020
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2017
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Maldegem · since 1985
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other cleaning activities · Erquelinnes · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 1987
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vleteren · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 1992
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · since 1994
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Roofing work · Ronse · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Ternat · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Jabbeke · since 2026
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Leopoldsburg · since 1963
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Zottegem · since 1982
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lommel · since 2001
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2001
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Painting of buildings · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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Support activities for crop production · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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since 1981
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2023
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Lievegem · since 2019