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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2024
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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since 1982
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Specialist medical practice · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Evergem · since 2017
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Other technical testing and analysis · Maldegem · since 2022
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Fitness centres · since 2008
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Gent · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Abbreviation of DFI · Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Other business support services · Wetteren · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Lokeren · since 1992
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Houthulst · since 1999
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2017
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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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Proefboren en boren · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
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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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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT, ENTRAIDE, SOLIDARITE DANS LE TRAVAIL · Gerpinnes · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Raeren · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Dest International · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Walhain · since 2004
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2021