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.
“De Kouter”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Medisch Pedagogisch Centrum Sint-Franciscus · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Roosdaal · since 1976
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Liedekerke · since 1987
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Bornem · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Grote Plaats · Buying and selling of own real estate · Lebbeke · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Alken · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lille · since 1990
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Kortrijk · since 1996
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Abbreviation of JEUGDCENTRUM DE KOUTER · Bocholt · since 1987
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Abbreviation of VZW DE TOUTER, CENTRUM VOOR INTEGRALE BEGELEIDING VAN GEZINNEN, JONGVOLWASSENEN, JONGEREN EN KINDEREN · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Lokeren · since 1983
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Herent · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Activities of building architects · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Brugge - Oostende - Westhoek · Alfabetiseringsprogramma's ten behoeve van volwassenen · Brugge · since 1987
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2009
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Deinze · since 2026
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Leuven · since 1980
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Wingene · since 1983
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zulte · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Ardooie · since 2023
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2011
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Binnenvisserij · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
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since 2022
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of De Vergunning · Other business support services · Gent · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Balen · since 2021
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Wevelgem · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2012
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Geel · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Herzele · since 2007
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Raising of dairy cattle · Aalst · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · since 2006
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2016
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Koksijde · since 1989
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Wervik · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Kampenhout · since 1996
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since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · Mechelen · since 2023
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Zonnebeke · since 2009
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Vocational training · since 2010
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Abbreviation of De Koepel · Tienen · since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 2005
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Day nurseries and crèches · Edegem · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ANN-SOPHIE.DS · Full-service restaurants · Erpe-Mere · since 2014
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Herzele · since 1983
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Construction of roads and motorways · Ternat · since 2007