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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
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Other printing · Zottegem · since 1977
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2025
Names that resemble it 64 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Harelbeke · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 1996
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 1988
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since 1986
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since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Mekanders · Other social work without accommodation · Turnhout · since 1985
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Other information technology and computer services · since 1999
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since 1995
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since 2013
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2014
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Veterinary services · since 1987
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Other education · since 2015
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2016
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2007
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since 1993
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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since 1977
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since 2026
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2022
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since 2024
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2016
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since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2018
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since 2019
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Plumbing work · since 1994
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2012
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since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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since 2026
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1997
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since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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since 2010
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since 2007
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since 2021
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since 2024
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since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2025
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1971
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026