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.
“David Engels”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Risk and damage evaluation · Leuven · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Truiden · since 2004
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Literary creation · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Liège · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 1989
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Liège · since 1994
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since 1977
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2020
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2009
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wellen · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Other building finishing work
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hoegaarden · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ENGELS BRUGGE · Wholesale of timber · Brugge · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Lokeren · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of AVISTA ANTWERP · Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Kapellen · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2015
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Other business support services · Menen · since 2018
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since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Laarne · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2011