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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Hastière · since 1998
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Employment placement agencies · Boechout · since 2022
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Ternat · since 1977
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Wevelgem · since 1993
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Kuurne · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1978
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Pajottegem · since 1988
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Liège · since 1991
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Wholesale of live animals · Aalter · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of CHARTEX · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Beauraing · since 1993
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Joinery installation · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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since 1988
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Lebbeke · since 2005
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of DEMARET SRL · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Seneffe · since 1981
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Merksplas · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Frevi · Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 1975
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of DEN JAVA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Zottegem · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of HELENE · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2007
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Insurance agents and brokers · Temse · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heers · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Evergem · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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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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Other education · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Retie · since 2018
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Liège · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Brugge · since 1990
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Other building finishing work · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 2012
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Liège · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of CAFE ENES · Cafés and bars · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022