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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Clavier · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2013
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Kaprijke · since 1978
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Activities of head offices · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Poperinge · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 1996
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Support activities for crop production · Péruwelz · since 1999
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Saint-Ghislain · since 2003
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Abbreviation of DECOTIGNIES ADVICE · Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Hove · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Genappe · since 2018
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Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Mortsel · since 2011
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Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Gent · since 1990
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Beloeil · since 1994
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Abbreviation of DECA PACKAGING GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2013
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since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Economische ontwikkeling Anderlecht · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Walhain · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Izegem · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Deerlijk · since 1995
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Lievegem · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1982
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De Haan · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1990
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Other personal services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Elsene · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bocholt · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 2002
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2015
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Avelgem · since 2017
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2020
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Other retail sale of new goods · Lier · since 2021
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Saint-Ghislain · since 2021
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2021
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Other technical testing and analysis · Maldegem · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
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Other business support services · Herent · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · Vleteren · since 2005
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Fitness centres · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · De Haan · since 2024
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Gent · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2000
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Dilbeek · since 1994