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.
“DOVER”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Menen · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Zutendaal · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of BELCAF · Cafés and bars · Oud-Heverlee · since 2021
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Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend leven · Zutendaal · since 2011
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Hasselt · since 1992
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Destelbergen · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herzele · since 2019
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Insurance agents and brokers · Roeselare · since 2019
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Other construction installation · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Menen · since 2024
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since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Braine-le-Château · since 2018
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Evergem · since 2006
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since 1996
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Waregem · since 1982
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Wingene · since 1985
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · Elsene · since 1988
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Jabbeke · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Bertem · since 1990
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Dental practice · Roeselare · since 1991
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Machining of metals · Tielt · since 1992
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Geel · since 1993
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Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2017
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Diest · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Tielt · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Maarkedal · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Damme · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Aalter · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Waremme · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Atletiekklub Overijse · Overijse · since 1984