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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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Kruisem · since 2019
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Other education · since 2018
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Veterinary services · Manage · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Affligem · since 1979
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Affligem · since 1981
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Waregem · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Tienen · since 2019
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Plumbing work · since 2005
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Literary creation · since 2008
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Charleroi · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1991
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Deinze · since 1997
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Painting of buildings · since 1994
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Machining of metals · since 2004
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Raising of other animals · since 1997
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Rumst · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · Wichelen · since 2023
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Zottegem · since 1986
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Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · Zwalm · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlues · since 1996
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Activities of bailiffs · Geetbets · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · since 1980
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Sports and recreation education · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2004
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2005
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since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2016