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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Forging of metal · Zandhoven · since 1991
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2019
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2021
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Wholesale of machine tools · Blégny · since 1987
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herzele · since 1993
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2008
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Raising of dairy cattle · Kalmthout · since 2012
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Glaszetten · Roeselare · since 2002
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Site preparation · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2022
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Machining of metals · Roeselare · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Arendonk · since 2017
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Forging of metal · Kontich · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Bram Schots Laswerken · Machining of metals · Leopoldsburg · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BS-Laswerken VOF · Machining of metals · Laarne · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Zelzate · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2024
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 2011
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Machining of metals · Retie · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · Gent · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2013
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since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2015
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since 1974
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Other specialised construction activities · Wemmel · since 2018
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1989
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2020