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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Veterinary services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Proefboren en boren · since 2026
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Abbreviation of DRAGON EVENT AGENCY · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Non-specialised wholesale trade
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Cafés and bars · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Abbreviation of DIGITALE EXPERIENCE ACADEMIE · Eghezée · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Willebroek · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2024
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Other retail sale of food · Brugge · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of BARTHOLOME AND CO · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Namur · since 1987
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1987
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brugge · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Roofing work · Kortrijk · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wervik · since 2016
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Logging · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Destination Everywhere Accessible Travel · Other non-specialised retail sale · Vorst · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2020
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Other sports activities · Zaventem · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Harelbeke · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Dlt Everything Afrique Sarl · Koekelberg · since 2023
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Logistics services · since 2023
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Kehlen · since 2023
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Other financial services · Bonheiden · since 2025
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2026
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Abbreviation of DEFECHEREUX ET ASSOCIES · Liège · since 1994
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'EDUCATION EN AFRIQUE · Ukkel · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017