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.
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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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Aartselaar · since 1973
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ledegem · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lede · since 2002
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2019
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of De Buck Technologies · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 1989
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 1998
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Event catering · Deinze · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2008
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Insulation installation · since 1987
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VOOR ONTSPANNING EN VOLKSONTWIKKELING MIDDELKERKE · Middelkerke · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1983
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 1999
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Charleroi · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Plastering work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Fauvillers · since 2024
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2015