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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DECOTIGNIES ADVICE · Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 2021
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Other retail sale of new goods · Lier · since 2021
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Kaprijke · since 1978
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Activities of head offices · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1992
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Poperinge · 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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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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Sports and recreation education · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Mortsel · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 45 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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General electrical installation work · Izegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of PASFIT · Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2000
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since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 1981
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1983
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since 1995
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Name of an establishment of A Quiet Place · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Gent · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1982
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De Haan · since 1987
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Clavier · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2013
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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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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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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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Name of an establishment · 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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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Koksijde · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2000
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Dilbeek · since 1994