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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Support activities for crop production · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1993
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Gent · since 1980
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2021
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since 1982
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Bree · since 2001
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Ronse · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2021
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1995
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 1975
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2025
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since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2011
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PIERRE DEGAND · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1996
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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since 2024
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Dendermonde · since 1973
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Roofing work · Zele · since 1983
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 1991
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lochristi · since 1995
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Funeral services · Herzele · since 2003
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Lokeren · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Elsene · since 1982
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Activities of building architects · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 1983
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Event catering · since 1991
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Other education · since 2018
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2020
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since 1993
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Other software publishing · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · since 1977
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Manufacture of outerwear · Lier · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Geel · since 2019
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Oudenburg · since 1980