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
58 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Villers-la-Ville · since 1985
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Insulation installation · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · since 2009
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Mixed farming · since 1973
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2000
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since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2018
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since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Other tax advisory services · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 1999
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since 1969
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2026
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Other printing · since 1989
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Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · since 2009
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Demolition · since 2017
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2013
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since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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since 1988
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Other legal services · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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since 1986
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Raising of other animals · since 2023
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since 2000
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Event catering · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2014
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 1982
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1978
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1983
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2010
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2004
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Hannut · since 1995
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2020
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since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2004
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016