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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 2019
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1968
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Joinery installation · Deinze · since 1977
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Oudenaarde · since 1984
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Retail sale of footwear · Lier · since 1993
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Deinze · since 1996
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Vosselaar · since 1999
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Lennik · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Duffel · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · Waregem · since 2008
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · since 2007
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Dental practice · Ieper · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · since 2016
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since 2018
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since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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since 2026
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Lommel · since 1997
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · since 1999
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Mouscron · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1977
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Plumbing work · since 1986
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Painting of buildings · since 2010
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1994
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Other cleaning activities · since 2020
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · Waregem · since 1998
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Support activities for crop production · since 1986
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Other business support services · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2010
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · since 2011
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2007
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since 1990
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since 1993
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Psychology services · since 2015
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since 1987
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2018
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 1993
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since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 1992
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Plumbing work · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2005
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Demolition · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Nijlen · since 1994
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1993
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2019