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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2005
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Painting of buildings · Tournai · since 1997
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2014
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Oostende · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Brussel · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2018
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Huldenberg · since 1990
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2017
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Vocational training · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2016
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Overijse · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Durbuy · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2014
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Plumbing work · Aalter · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · Gavere · since 2007
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Activities of company auditors · Londerzeel · since 2014
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since 2003
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Bouw van rioleringen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2019
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Tourist information services · since 2012
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Roofing work · Chimay · since 2008
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1996
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since 1978
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2003
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Machining of metals · Wervik · since 2005