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
66 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pig breeding farms · Torhout · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · Herent · since 1986
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Wuustwezel · since 1988
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Dental practice · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1989
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1971
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1994
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Dental practice · since 1998
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Destelbergen · since 2004
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Plumbing work · Tubize · since 1997
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Joinery installation · Grobbendonk · since 2008
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since 1998
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Mixed farming · since 2000
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since 2001
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1993
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Herzele · since 2005
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since 2014
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since 1982
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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since 1987
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2001
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1979
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since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Peer · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Activities of building architects · since 1985
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1979
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Herenthout · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 2020
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since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2000
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Other information service activities · since 2022
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since 2023
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Schoten · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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since 1974
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since 2000
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since 2006
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2025
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since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2021
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2016
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2022