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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 1978
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Landscape service activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1988
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1993
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Brussel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Gery International · Groothandel in schoeisel · La Louvière · since 1970
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2022
Names that resemble it 65 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Diksmuide · since 1987
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since 2021
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Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · since 2003
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Maldegem · since 2013
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Wevelgem · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · since 2025
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Other educational support services · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2013
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since 1998
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Activities of building architects · since 2016
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2024
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Travel agency activities · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 1988
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Other education · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2004
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since 2004
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2014
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 1990
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since 1991
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since 1996
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1986
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 2002
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Other construction installation · since 1987
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
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since 1985
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2004
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since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Merchtem · since 2024
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Interior design · since 2025
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since 2026