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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Logging · since 2019
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · AMSTERDAM · since 2022
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Amsterdam · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1995
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Mechelen · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Grobbendonk · since 2008
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Herenthout · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Lokeren · since 1993
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Anzegem · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Hamont-Achel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anzegem · since 2020
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since 2000
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · since 2021
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Pepinster · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Site preparation · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of SIDERO · Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Dendermonde · since 2025