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.
“DE TUS”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pig breeding farms · Pelt · since 1992
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Diest · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 1922
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Maldegem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Zemst · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · since 2004
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2012
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Abbreviation of De Tuut van Tegenwoordig · Torhout · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Delft Environment Technology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Zedelgem · since 1989
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Geraardsbergen · since 1990
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Jabbeke · since 1999
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Other education · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1984
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Genk · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2012
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Other construction installation · since 1974
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Office administrative and support services · Essen · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Leuven · since 2025
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Hemiksem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of YAVUZ · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1995
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Beersel · since 1999