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
69 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Malmedy · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Dr. Dechamps, arts-specialisatie volwassenpsychiatrie · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Lontzen · since 2009
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since 1982
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Physiotherapy · Neupré · since 2015
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Raising of other animals · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 1996
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Translation services · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Tourist information services · since 2021
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since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · since 2007
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Groothandel in autosloopmateriaal · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Association "Les cuisines bruxelloises" · Contract catering and other food service activities · Brussel · since 2004
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Support activities for crop production · since 1996
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Land surveying · since 1981
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General electrical installation work · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1989
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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since 1978
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since 1988
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since 2022
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since 1985
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Site preparation · since 2005
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Raising of other animals · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Vocational training · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
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Namur · since 1986
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2016
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since 1984
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since 1973
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Sports and recreation education · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Book publishing · since 2017
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since 1992
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Logging · since 2019
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since 1998
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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since 1993
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since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2012
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Other education · since 2012
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since 1992
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since 1989
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2007
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since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2007
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since 2024
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Plastering work · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Yvoir · since 2015
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since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2007