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
63 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Gavere · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Aalter · since 2023
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since 1979
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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since 1997
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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since 1985
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · since 2000
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Mixed farming · since 1979
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Mixed farming · since 1985
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2016
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2009
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since 2011
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Name of an establishment of GROUP DUYCK · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Asse · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1989
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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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General electrical installation work · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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since 2018
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Other education · since 2018
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1998
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Varkensvetmesterijen · since 2008
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Dental practice · since 1996
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since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Harelbeke · since 1978
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since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
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since 1974
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Visual arts creation · since 2017
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Raising of dairy cattle · Gent · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2021
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Land surveying · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020