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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van gereedschap, muv vormkasten en gietvormen · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Dendermonde · since 2012
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Other personal services · since 2017
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since 1983
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Abbreviation of DE GRAEVE ENTREPRISES GENERALES · General construction of residential buildings · Namur · since 1965
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Specialist medical practice · Deinze · since 1989
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Glaszetten · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DE GRAEVE SIEGFRIED EN NICO · General construction of residential buildings · Assenede · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2013
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Web portal activities · since 2014
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Machining of metals · since 2016
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since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of De Roeve Automation · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of JDV PROJECTS · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1994
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2002
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Demolition · since 2024
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2016
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2000
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Inland freight water transport · since 1995
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2013
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since 1971
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Opwijk · since 2015
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since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Inland freight water transport · since 2023
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Bocholt · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2023
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since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Verviers · since 2024
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since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 1978
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Machining of metals · Merchtem · since 2016
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Vilvoorde · since 2009
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Oudsbergen · since 1998
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2002
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2019