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
53 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Support activities for crop production · since 1999
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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since 2026
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Herzele · since 2025
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1971
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Other education · since 2017
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Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2018
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Evergem · since 2006
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Tourist information services · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Web portal activities · since 2020
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since 1986
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since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · since 1981
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since 2025
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General medical practice · Berlare · since 2025
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since 2009
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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since 1971
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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General medical practice · Bredene · since 2023
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Other financial services · since 2023
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2026
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Other educational support services · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
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since 2008
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since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2010
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Namur · since 1987
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Other education · Lochristi · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985