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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Productie van televisiefilms · Mechelen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zonnebeke · since 1993
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Oudenaarde · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Apotheken Solidaris · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hasselt · since 1952
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 1957
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Gent · since 1911
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Name of an establishment of Solidaris, socialistische mutualiteit van de provincie Limburg · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Hasselt · since 1924
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Wichelen · since 1933
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Moorslede · since 1897
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Dentergem · since 1899
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Hasselt · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Bertem · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Hoogstraten · since 1984
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Maldegem · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2002
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1994
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Roofing work · Riemst · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1948