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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Dudelange · since 2020
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2001
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants
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Advertising agencies · since 1988
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1993
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Cawa · Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Interior design · Gent · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2007
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Other building finishing work · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Finishing of textiles · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of L2 Coiffure & Beauté SRL · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Libin · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2007
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Interior design · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Liège · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Office administrative and support services · since 2003
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FERLI · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kuurne · since 2017
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Machining of metals · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Trade name of CLEAN VERMINE DÉSINFECTION · General cleaning of buildings · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Beringen · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Oostende · since 2023
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Weven van textiel · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2024
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Châtelet · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maarkedal · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 1996
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Diest · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Putte · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Roosdaal · since 2002
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2015
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2015
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Activities of interior architects · Asse · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of KVN Consult · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Zaventem · since 2010
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Web portal activities · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Ukkel · since 2004
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Brugge · since 1958
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1992
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Chièvres · since 1972