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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anzegem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1985
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Koksijde · since 1991
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Waasmunster · since 2018
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Veterinary services · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2020
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Operation of sports facilities · Ieper · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 1989
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Waregem · since 2015
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Hasselt · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2016
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Site preparation · Zulte · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of VERHOLLE MARCEL · Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Zonnebeke · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Joinery installation · since 2014
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Site preparation · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2008