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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1984
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Dental practice · Elsene · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1993
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2000
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Other sports activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2016
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Other construction installation · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Dogs On Search · Roeselare · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ardooie · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DORST · Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Deinze · since 1986
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Plumbing work · Maldegem · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Merchtem · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Legacy Dockx · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Herent · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Poperinge · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lille · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of CON ARTE · General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Thuin · since 1994
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hasselt · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sprimont · since 2025
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Other sports activities · Cerfontaine · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Namur · since 1987