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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Other construction installation · Avelgem · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Zwevegem · since 1999
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Leuven · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Mol · since 1947
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1985
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Real estate agency activities · Poperinge · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Jabbeke · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Zulte · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Kontich · since 2026
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 2002
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Physiotherapy · since 2002
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since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Roeselare · since 1985
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Other printing · Wetteren · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2007
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 2014
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Painting of buildings · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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since 1999
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since 2005
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Mixed farming · since 2025
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since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · since 2023
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Veterinary services · since 2025
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since 2026
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since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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since 2024
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since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2002
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1985
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2020
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 1993
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since 1994
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Glaszetten · since 2023
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since 1994
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Gistel · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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since 2006
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2007
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2001
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2015
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2002
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2011
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1988
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1971
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Manufacture of beer · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · since 1981
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since 1988
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023