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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1993
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Bouw van plezier- en sportvaartuigen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Plumbing work · Zedelgem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw De Meyl Meylstraat 2 te Hove · Hove · since 1995
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Demolition · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Anderlecht · since 1988
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Other financial services · Vilvoorde · since 1991
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Haacht · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of DEMED-ZOET GEDACHT · Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Zemst · since 2001
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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since 2016
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Trade name of DE MET BALEN · Full-service restaurants · Balen · since 2016
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Tourist information services · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Tielt-Winge · since 2018
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aalst · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ieper · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Translation services · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1994
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Other education · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kasterlee · since 2026
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of DREDGING, ENVIRONMENTAL & MARINE ENGINEERING · Baggerwerken · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1930
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Temse · since 1959
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Lochristi · since 1974
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Dendermonde · since 1983
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Abbreviation of INTER PARTS EUROPE · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Menen · since 1988
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Lierde · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996
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Support activities for crop production · Dentergem · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2013
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Mons · since 2018
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Other education · Herzele · since 2010
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Other software publishing · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 2005
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Plumbing work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2005
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Computer programming · Haaltert · since 2008
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Roofing work · Aarschot · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire producten van metaal · Herentals · since 1941
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General electrical installation work · Avelgem · since 1985
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Mixed farming · Zuienkerke · since 1985
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Moorslede · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Maldegem · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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Book publishing · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1992
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1989
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1986
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Other tax advisory services · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Abbreviation of DIERENARTS JAN DE MEY · Veterinary services · Erpe-Mere · since 2004
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since 2006
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Other personal services · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Laarne · since 2024
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since 2026