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.
“DEAL”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1987
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wervik · since 2016
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Logging · since 1995
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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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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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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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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wevelgem · since 1997
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General cleaning of buildings · Gent · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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since 2022
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Aartselaar · since 1991
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of DeA Legal Services · Activities of bailiffs · Neupré · since 2012
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Inland freight water transport · since 2005
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Inland freight water transport · Schoten · since 2025
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Mechelen · 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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General construction of residential buildings · Nivelles · since 2015
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ukkel · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Onderzoek van het Zeemilieu · Linkebeek · since 1978
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Assenede · since 2003
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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brugge · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2003
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Veterinary services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Destination Everywhere Accessible Travel · Other non-specialised retail sale · Vorst · since 2018
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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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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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Wingene · since 2013
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Meise · since 2021
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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