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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wielsbeke · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2019
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · De Panne · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Hooglede · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalter · since 1988
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Mechelen · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 2006
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Roeselare · since 2024
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Support activities for animal production · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2002
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dessel · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Pepingen · since 2023
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Raising of dairy cattle · Ravels · since 2006
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2023
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since 2026
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Name of an establishment of KONINKLIJK ONDERSTEUNINGSCENTRUM TER ENGELEN TEVONA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Genk · since 1961
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Antwerpen · since 1977
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Brecht · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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General medical practice · Stabroek · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2001
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since 1997
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Support activities for crop production · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2023
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since 2008
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2012
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Speelplein De Driehoekjes · Brasschaat · since 1981
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · since 2025
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since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 1999
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Land surveying · since 2023
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Other education · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Other business support services · since 2023