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 Meander”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of ZORGGROEP ARUM · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1928
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Merchtem · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wielsbeke · since 2018
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Landen · since 2022
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Psychology services · Halle · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of OLO-ROTONDE · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Brasschaat · since 1969
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 1986
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Lede · since 2000
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Other education · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Huldenberg · since 2007
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Wervik · since 2005
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Gent · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · Wetteren · since 2012
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of WERNICA · Development of non-residential building projects · Koksijde · since 1986
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2009
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2011
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van ovens en permanente verwarmingstoestellen voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Lint · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2021
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Gent · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gavere · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Wingene · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Dendermonde · since 2011
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since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2010
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Abbreviation of DANIEL - EMILIE - RITA · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Fléron · since 1990
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Other building finishing work · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1993
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT D'ENERGIE RENOUVELABLE · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 2017
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Other legal services · since 1998