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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other membership organisations · Vilvoorde · since 2026
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Essen · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Rotselaar · since 2011
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2023
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Niergnies · since 1990
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Activities of lawyers · Glabbeek · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ath · since 2023
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General medical practice · Tournai · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Saint-Ghislain · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · since 1971
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Colfontaine · since 1988
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2013
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since 1972
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2015
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since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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since 2012
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since 1970
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Aalst · since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · since 2000
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Site preparation · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · since 2015
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Insulation installation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024