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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wielsbeke · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Staden · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Balen · since 1999
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Painting of buildings · Wichelen · since 2009
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1993
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since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Gent · since 1999
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Schoten · since 2014
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Pajottegem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Wielsbeke · since 2022
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Waterloo · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2007
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beersel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Abbreviation of DE CRAECKER - CLERENS - MULKERS · Gent · since 1980
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HERLEV · since 1979
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Houthulst · since 2021
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Land surveying · Gent · since 2004
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Wholesale of live animals · Jurbise · since 2025
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since 1984
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten · Kruisem · since 1928
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Youth work associations · Stekene · since 1981
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Mixed farming · Rumes · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Kruisem · since 1993
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Ieper · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ELS DE CRAIM · Other financial services · Liedekerke · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Lievegem · since 2013
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Other information service activities · Lommel · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zulte · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Menen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2025
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Izegem · since 1987
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · since 1984
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News agency activities · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Assenede · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · Lede · since 1999
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brugge · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Houthulst · since 1970
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Joinery installation · Pajottegem · since 1977
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Joinery installation · Pajottegem · since 2000
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since 1965
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since 1992
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Maaseik · since 2011
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since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019