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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 1983
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Logistics services · Vleteren · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Namur · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Event catering · Beerse · since 2023
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Leuven · since 1971
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Profondeville · since 2013
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1980
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Forging of metal · Halle · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Zakenkantoor Johan De Wil · Agents and brokers in banking services · Leuven · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kasterlee · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Staden · since 1989
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since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Joinery installation · Veurne · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Damme · since 1990
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Gent · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DESFO · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wichelen · since 1995
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Land surveying · Menen · since 1999
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Literary creation · Westerlo · since 2001
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Site preparation · Mettet · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2019
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2012
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Depauw Engineering Brussels · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of DE EIKEN BOOM · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Turnhout · since 1977
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Business and other management consultancy · Péruwelz · since 1993
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Abbreviation of DEBECA · Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Hasselt · since 2000
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Chasseneuil · since 1989
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Floor and wall tiling · Kasterlee · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1998
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Physiotherapy · since 1986
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Bree · since 1959
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Gent · since 1974
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Geraardsbergen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Name of an establishment · Plumbing work · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Psychology services · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Ledegem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Keukentuig · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2020
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Herentals · since 2021
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Kortemark · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vlaams -Nederlands huis deBuren · Other education · Brussel · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2024