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
68 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Zele · since 1981
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Retail sale of bicycles · Zemst · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of DIERICKX-TOOLS · Machining of metals · Rotselaar · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Dierickx & Van Criekinge · Buying and selling of own real estate · Rotselaar · since 2017
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Other business support services · Evergem · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2020
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since 1999
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Other education · since 2025
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since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1975
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1996
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Support activities for animal production · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2023
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since 1997
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1997
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Opwijk · since 1988
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since 1996
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since 1994
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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since 1983
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2016
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2019
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since 1995
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Activities of building architects · since 1988
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment
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since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2021
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Huy · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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since 1992
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since 2010
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Other construction installation · since 2019
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since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2004
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since 2004
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Freight transport by road · Zottegem · since 2007
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2007
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Pet training · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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since 2025
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since 2025
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Growing of flowers · since 1989
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1998
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Wetteren · since 1979
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Brasschaat · since 1992
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Floor and wall tiling · Dentergem · since 2013
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wervik · since 2024