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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Arendonk · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Wingene · since 2022
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Employment placement agencies · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · since 1994
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Joinery installation · since 1994
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Other business support services · since 2019
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since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Gemeenschapscentrum De Wildeman · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Herent · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Literary creation · since 2003
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Landscape service activities · since 2001
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2024
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Dental practice · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2007
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2009
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since 2023
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Gent · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Lier · since 1986
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 1987
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Heuvelland · since 1999
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schilde · since 2001
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Mixed farming · Chastre · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ELPI FOOD · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2015
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Denderleeuw · since 2017
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Raising of other animals · since 1997
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1995
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since 2019
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1989
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Bornem · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Laureins · since 2010
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Physiotherapy · Mol · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2025
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Lendelede · since 1992
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Interior design · since 2022
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since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 1989
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of O de VO · Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Geel · since 1984
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Zonnebeke · since 1989
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brugge · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Middelkerke · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Awans · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Oostkamp · since 1980