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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2000
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2000
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since 2000
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since 1997
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Zwevegem · since 1996
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Brussel · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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since 2003
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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since 2003
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Inland freight water transport · since 2003
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since 1982
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · since 2006
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since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Inland freight water transport · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1998
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 1998
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since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Other business support services · Enghien · since 2023
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of other animals · since 2014
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since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2017
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1998
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 1988
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van overige artikelen van edele metalen, n.e.g. · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2025
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since 2015
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Other information service activities · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Growing of flowers · since 1985
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Roofing work · Halle · since 2020
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Land surveying · since 2006
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Event catering · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Lede · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Funeral services · since 2025
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Pajottegem · since 1968
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Vocational training · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Laarne · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1977
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2024