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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Zwevegem · since 1996
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 2020
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since 1989
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since 1988
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Painting of buildings · Deinze · since 1977
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Herent · since 1984
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Handel in elektriciteit · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2022
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Floor and wall tiling · Merchtem · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2013
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2012
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Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 2000
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ieper · since 2012
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zwevegem · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zwevegem · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2015
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2008
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2011
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Manufacture of other wood products · Lichtervelde · since 1974
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2002
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2012
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Weven van textiel · Deerlijk · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2008
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since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Pajottegem · since 2019
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since 1999
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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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Name of an establishment of Hand in Hand · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1995
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 2017
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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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Name of an establishment of Psychiatrisch Centrum Gent-Sleidinge · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Gent · since 2011
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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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Name of an establishment · Event catering · Mortsel · since 1981
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Arendonk · since 1988
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since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 1976