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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 1995
Names that resemble it 71 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1985
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Plumbing work · Lokeren · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1984
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Izegem · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · since 2001
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General medical practice · since 1984
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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since 2023
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 1998
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1976
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since 1985
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Other sports activities · since 2019
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since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1998
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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since 2004
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since 1998
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of DE RYCKER · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brugge · since 2015
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lichtervelde · since 1998
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2012
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General cleaning of buildings · since 1993
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Dendermonde · since 1972
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Landscape service activities · since 1990
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since 1985
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Freight transport by road · since 1990
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since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1978
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since 1987
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since 2015
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since 1982
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since 1967
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1996
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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Other construction installation · since 2020
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2000
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since 1988
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since 1998
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 2023
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since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2010
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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since 2012
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Ingelmunster · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2026
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Merchtem · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Wervik · since 2012
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since 2023
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Wavre · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2014