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
55 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 1970
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Erpe-Mere · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · Damme · since 2001
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Plumbing work · Schoten · since 2016
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Other building finishing work · since 2011
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Westerlo · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Profondeville · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Bornem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Groepspraktijk De Wolk · Nursing and midwifery · Boortmeerbeek · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2007
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Gent · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2013
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since 1984
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since 1983
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Veterinary services · Ranst · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1979
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since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2022
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since 2009
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since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · since 1982
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2025
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Bart De Moor · Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2004
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Elsene · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Maarkedal · since 1996
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · since 2014
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1971
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 1996
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since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1990
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2023
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since 1972
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 1991
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 1989
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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General medical practice · Leuven · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Wetteren · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Brakel · since 1988
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2020
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2014