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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bewerken van diamant · Grobbendonk · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kraainem · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Harelbeke · since 2015
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Boussu · since 2009
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since 1971
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Ellezelles · since 1998
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2023
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Waterloo · since 2013
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of R-PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Fleurus · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Abbreviation of HORSES & RIDERS PERFORMANCE · Equestrian clubs · Crisnée · since 2018
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Other postal and courier activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Productie van aluminium · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2025
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Other sports activities · La Louvière · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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ST DOULCHARD · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of JGD-Holding GCV · Other non-specialised retail sale · Asse · since 2016