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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Pajottegem · since 2008
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Maasmechelen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of AURORA DANS · Sports and recreation education · Lokeren · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MFC Combo · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Leuven · since 2011
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Research and development on biotechnology · Elsene · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of R&S Boom · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Boom · since 2018
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other sports activities · Roeselare · since 2001
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Izegem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of 6 CONSULT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2021
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1978
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Insurance agents and brokers · Sprimont · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Bilzen · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of Constructies VWG · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2017
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Other education · Eeklo · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Brecht · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Diest · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Domein Elzenhof Development · Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Kapellen · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Koksijde · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of DOBCO MEDICAL SYSTEMS · Computer programming · Gent · since 2011
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Activities of lawyers · Manage · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Antwerpen · since 2010