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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Schilde · since 1970
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Vakantieparken · Haacht · since 1985
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Putte · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Leuven · since 1951
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van kurk, riet of vlechtwerk · Kontich · since 1972
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ARMONEA · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Mechelen · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Amon · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Zwalm · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Scholengroep GO! Next · Gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Hasselt · since 1999
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Gent · since 1990
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Leieborg · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Deinze · since 1978
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Hasselt · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Maarkedal · since 1967
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Name of an establishment of CENTRUM VOOR ALGEMEEN WELZIJNSWERK ANTWERPEN · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie Dageraad Ooststatiestraat 127 te Kontich · Kontich · since 2019
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Beerse · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1983
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars Antwerpen Dageraadplaats 29 A · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Lochristi · since 1995
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1988
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Mixed farming · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1977
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Psychology services · Brugge · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DEUTSCHER AKADEMISCHER AUSTAUSCHDIENST · Activities of professional membership organisations · BONN · since 2004