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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2024
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Merksplas · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boutersem · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oostende · since 1986
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Kasterlee · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Brecht · since 1988
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Translation services · since 2000
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Visual arts creation · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1977
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Other retail sale of new goods · Zonnebeke · since 2001
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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Event catering · since 2015
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Beringen · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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Abbreviation of european language industry association · Other education · Elsene · since 2017
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Oudenaarde · since 1997