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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of MESTIC · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Beauvechain · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DELEVIN · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2005
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 2023
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Malle · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2024
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Real estate agency activities · Wevelgem · since 2022
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RUSE · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE CATARO · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 1982
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Ingelmunster · since 2004
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Beheer van financiële markten · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2015
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Raising of other animals · since 2016
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Plumbing work · Dentergem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ANCCO DIENSTENCHEQUES · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2006
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Beerse · since 2005
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Braine-le-Château · since 1921
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Other construction installation · Roosdaal · since 2014
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Abbreviation of THE DOME · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2018
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Computer programming · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Tervuren · since 2004
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Abbreviation of DOME ACADEMY · Frameries · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of DomestiKa Titres-services · Employment placement agencies · Etterbeek · since 2023