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
43 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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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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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 other non-residential buildings · since 1989
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Destelbergen · since 1981
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Funeral services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of ENTEE · Computer programming · Wichelen · since 2013
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since 1981
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since 2002
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2001
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since 1997
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Other information service activities · since 2021
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since 1998
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Literary creation · since 2023
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since 2000
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Aalst · since 2022
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since 2023
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since 2008
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Affligem · since 2001
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Abbreviation of DIERENARTSENPRAKTIJK DE MEYER · Veterinary services · Geel · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1994
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Translation services · since 2018
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Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · since 2025
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since 1986
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since 1984
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since 2015
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1995
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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since 2021
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 1992
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since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Destelbergen · since 2009
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since 2010
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2006
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Plumbing work · since 2007
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Other education · since 2024
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Plastering work · Tremelo · since 2000