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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Descent Technical Diving · Sports and recreation education · Begijnendijk · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2015
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Kortrijk · since 2008
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Drukken van dagbladen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1971
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Herenthout · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Koekelberg · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Dement Oostende · Oostende · since 2007
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Fitness centres · since 2008
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Other sports activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Pajottegem · since 2012
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Ukkel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of D. & T. · Other construction installation · Gent · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Beersel · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 1998
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Diksmuide · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maasmechelen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Devriendt Energy, Consulting & Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brakel · since 2019
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Computer programming · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Denier de l'Enseignement Communal d'Engis · Engis · since 2008
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Roofing work · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2018
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CLIENTOLOGY · Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of KUBIAK · Hairdressing and barber services · Mortsel · since 2005
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Kortrijk · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of GLOE · Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 1996
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Translation services · Harelbeke · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Denderend Educatief Concept Extra Muros · Erpe-Mere · since 2020
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Other business support services · Ninove · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2009
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Event catering · Veurne · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2014
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2017
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Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Harelbeke · since 2009
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Oudsbergen · since 2009
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Mixed farming · Awans · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2024
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since 1993
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Other specialised construction activities · Nieuwpoort · since 1996