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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Menen · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Menen · since 1994
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Support activities for crop production · since 1982
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since 2013
Names that resemble it 65 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2003
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bierbeek · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Menen · since 1984
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since 2017
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2014
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · since 2004
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Brugge · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Décors - Batim · Other business support services · Huldenberg · since 1978
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Bertem · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1982
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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since 2017
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since 2015
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since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1998
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since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 1999
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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since 1994
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since 1980
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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since 2020
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since 2021
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since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2011
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since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2021
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2006
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Warehousing and storage · since 2024
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Other financial services · Tielt-Winge · since 2026
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since 2025
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since 1976
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Roofing work · since 2019
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2021
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since 2022
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Mixed farming · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009