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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Specialist medical practice · Holsbeek · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · Mettet · since 1987
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of O de VO · Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Geel · since 1984
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Zonnebeke · since 1989
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brugge · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Middelkerke · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Awans · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2016
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Real estate agency activities · since 2008
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Raising of horses and other equines · Middelkerke · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALLDIFFERENT · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Raising of other animals · since 2024
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 1996
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Other technical testing and analysis · Koksijde · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Momignies · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1952
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Stoumont · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of M.G.S. · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of SOGEDEC · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Namur · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DEMA - DEMUYNCK ANN · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1996
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Machining of metals · Maldegem · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of DIALOQUE EURO-MEDITERRANEEN ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2010
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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since 2026
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Oostkamp · since 1980
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Verviers · since 1993
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988