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.
“DEBUUT”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Literary creation · Westerlo · since 2001
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Namur · since 1987
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Gent · since 1974
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Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of De Tuut van Tegenwoordig · Torhout · since 2015
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Mixed farming · Alken · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985
Names that resemble it 21 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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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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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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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2019
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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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Assenede · since 1989