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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Ingelmunster · since 2004
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2001
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General medical practice · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2017
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Coating of metals · Dison · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Zedelgem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Laureins · since 1995
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Nursing and midwifery · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Vrij Basisonderwijs De Kameleon · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Hasselt · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of CENTRUM VOOR ARBEIDSZORG OOSTKADE · Full-service restaurants · Zelzate · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of El Circo Fiasco · Cultural education · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2015
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Retail sale of household furniture · Tielt · since 2015
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Comines-Warneton · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2013
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1964
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Asse · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Evara · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Gent · since 1955
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Lochristi · since 1999
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Brecht · since 1990
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Geel · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Zemst · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Rumst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Mol · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2005
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Dental practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Staden · since 2006
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Gent · since 2026