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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Tournai · since 1993
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Trade name of De Forests - Wens · Aarschot · since 2004
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Mixed farming · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2023
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Logging · Paliseul · since 2023
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Brussel · since 2010
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since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2002
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Activiteiten van bloedtransfusiecentra, bloedbanken, spermabanken, organenbanken en dergelijke · since 2026
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Logging · Bouillon · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre de Planning familial de Forest · Other social work without accommodation · Vorst · since 1995
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Vorst · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Vorst · since 1968
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Luxembourg 1720 · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Ukkel · since 1993
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Logging · Saint-Hubert · since 2026
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Logging · since 2026
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Essen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of DEFORM ARCHITECTS · Activities of building architects · Lummen · since 2017
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Tienen · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Lebbeke · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Roeselare · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Trésorie Demuynck · Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2000
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Affligem · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2006
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ardooie · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Temse · since 1987
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Plumbing work · Beernem · since 1998
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Detailhandel in boeken · Wommelgem · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of DEVREST MGT · Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 2026
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Vorst · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Vorst · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Regie van de Gevangenisarbeid (Administratieve Dienst Met Boekhoudkundige Autonomie (ADBA)) · Strafinrichtingen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of Wit-Gele Kruis van Brussel - Croix Jaune et Blanche de Bruxelles · Nursing and midwifery · Elsene · since 1996
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Vorst · since 2000
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Visual arts creation · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2004
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Izegem · since 2005
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Proefboren en boren · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DeFO asbl · Performing arts by independent artists · Liège · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of AMYcusa · Public relations and communication consultancy · Malle · since 2019
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT, ENTRAIDE, SOLIDARITE DANS LE TRAVAIL · Gerpinnes · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Dest International · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 2023
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Gembloux · since 2004
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Vorst · since 1959
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Vorst · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of BESI-LOLI-2018 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2018