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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Truiden · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 1999
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2007
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Abbreviation of RUITERCLUB DE WINNING · Operation of sports facilities · Beveren · since 2007
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Riemst · since 2018
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Other tax advisory services · Zele · since 1987
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Development of non-residential building projects · Wijnegem · since 2024
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of ABBEY STREET · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2004
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wellen · since 2026
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Lummen · since 1999
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Emmaüs · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Mechelen · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of INSPIRANT · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Koksijde · since 1988
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Other financial services · Lochristi · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Holsbeek · since 1994
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2004
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Beringen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of SCOUTS EN GIDSEN VLAANDEREN · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 1934
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Koksijde · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars Residentie DE WINNER · Riemst · since 2004
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2014
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Hasselt · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of De Torenhoeve · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Lubbeek · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 1994
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Floor and wall tiling · Grimbergen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of MATTHIAS · Full-service restaurants · Lubbeek · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BV DE WINGERD · Full-service restaurants · Roosdaal · since 2008
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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Beringen · since 1998
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Pont-à-Celles · since 2011
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Waregem · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lanaken · since 1990
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Zandhoven · since 1990
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since 1992
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since 1992
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MC Express Solution · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2021