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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2013
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Mixed farming · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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since 2006
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2024
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since 1989
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since 2011
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Site preparation · since 2010
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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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since 1985
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2009
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2006
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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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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 1992
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Translation services · since 2018
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2000
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since 1986
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since 1984
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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since 1989
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since 1994
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since 2010
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2025
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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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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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Abbreviation of DREDGING, ENVIRONMENTAL & MARINE ENGINEERING · Baggerwerken · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1930
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Joinery installation · Avelgem · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1993
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Translation services · since 2008
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since 1993
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since 1982
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Moorslede · since 1991
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Book publishing · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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Tourist information services · since 2018
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since 2018
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Other tax advisory services · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021