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.
“DETAFOR”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Logging · Bastogne · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Menen · since 1982
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Wetteren · since 1967
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Other specialised construction activities · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1968
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Abbreviation of META-For ASBL · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Torhout · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Centre de Formation et d'Animation permanente des Travailleurs de la Métallurgie · Namur · since 1980
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Interior design · since 2017
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Mechelen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Maatschap De Tafel · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Diest · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 1963
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since 1976
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of DAUBY et ASSOCIES · Fauvillers · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Socio-cultural adult education · Gent · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of KARTONNEN ZAKDOEK · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2005
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2007
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Other business support services · Opwijk · since 2024