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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Namur · since 1987
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since 2008
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985
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Literary creation · Westerlo · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 1983
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Logistics services · Vleteren · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Event catering · Beerse · since 2023
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Mixed farming · Alken · since 2009
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since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Ledegem · since 2017
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Aalter · since 2004
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wingene · since 2023
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Leuven · since 1971
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Damme · since 1990
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Gent · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DESFO · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wichelen · since 1995
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Land surveying · Menen · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Site preparation · Mettet · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2018
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2012
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Depauw Engineering Brussels · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of DE EIKEN BOOM · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Turnhout · since 1977
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Business and other management consultancy · Péruwelz · since 1993
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Abbreviation of DEBECA · Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Hasselt · since 2000
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Gent · since 1974
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Joinery installation · Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Geraardsbergen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Plumbing work · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Keukentuig · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2020
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Herentals · since 2021
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Kortemark · since 2022
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Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Vlaams -Nederlands huis deBuren · Other education · Brussel · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025