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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of KAAP · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of RD Immobilienkantoor · Real estate agency activities · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Ravels · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of JONO · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2002
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Tervuren · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024
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Tervuren · since 2007
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Raising of horses and other equines · Ravels · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2023
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of N.V. BEHEERSMAATSCHAPPIJ DEWE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DE WINTER INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 1995
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PERENCHIES · since 2016
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Schilde · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1955
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Wevelgem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of VZW De Werker Zwijndrecht · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1951
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Cafés and bars · Landen · since 1982
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Socio-cultural adult education · Aalst · since 1996
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Poperinge · since 2002
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Turnhout · since 2004
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VZW De Wei · Activiteiten van botanische tuinen en dierentuinen · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Rochefort · since 2022
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Ieper · since 2023
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Zwevegem · since 1967
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Nieuwpoort · since 1972
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Grimbergen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of F.R.D. · Other building finishing work · Haacht · since 1991
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Stekene · since 1993
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Support activities for crop production · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Stekene · since 2002
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1996
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Computer programming · Kortenberg · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Poperinge · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2023
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Support activities for crop production · Diksmuide · since 2009
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2009
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Floor and wall tiling · Kontich · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Deerlijk · since 2006
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Mortsel · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Olen · since 2015
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Vorselaar · since 1997